WorksheetsYear 7 Earth Science
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does inorganic mean?
a)
Something that is living
b)
Something that is dead, but was once living
c)
Something that was never living
2.
What mineral is used for pencils?
a)
Graphite
b)
Galena
c)
Magnetite
d)
Quartz
3.
How do you test the hardness of a mineral?
a)
Throw it against a wall
b)
Step on it
c)
Scratch Test
d)
Kick it until it breaks
4.
A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called?
a)
streak
b)
luster
c)
hardness
d)
heft
5.
The ________ measures how hard a mineral is.
a)
Miller Scale
b)
Dishong Scale
c)
Curly Scale
d)
Mohs Scale
6.
___________ is the color of powdered mineral.
a)
Luster
b)
Streak
c)
Fracture
7.
What is the MAIN way rocks are classified?
a)
Their color and shapes
b)
How they form
c)
Mineral bands
d)
Where they form
8.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
9.
Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called
a)
Erosion
b)
Deposition
c)
Compaction
d)
Weathering
10.
True/False: Igneous rocks can only turn into metamorphic rocks.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
12.
What is molten or liquid rock material that is deep beneath the Earth's surface?
a)
grain
b)
lava
c)
magma
d)
rock
13.
What is molten rock that erupts onto or above the Earth’s surface?
a)
grain
b)
lava
c)
magma
d)
sediment
14.
Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
erosion and deposition
c)
melting and cooling
16.
Which of the following lists Earth's compositional layers starting with Earth's center and ending with the outermost layer.
a)
mantle, crust, core
b)
crust, mantle, core
c)
crust, core, mantle
d)
core, mantle, crust.
17.
Which physical layer is the thinnest?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
18.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
top crust,bottom crust
b)
oceanic crust, continental crust
c)
water,land
d)
none of the above
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