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Earth History Review

Total questions: 120

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is not a layer of the Earth?

a)

Crust

b)

Outer Mantle

c)

Inner Core

d)

Mantle

2.

Which layer of Earth is the only layer made of iron and nickel that is in a liquid form?

a)

Mantle

b)

Outer Core

c)

Inner Core

d)

Crust

3.

This layer of Earth is located directly below the crust.

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer Core

4.

This layer of Earth is the thinnest layer.

a)

Inner Core

b)

Outer Core

c)

Mantle

d)

Crust

5.

The movement of sediments from one plate to another is an example of...

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Convection

6.

The breaking down of rocks into sediments.

a)

Sediments

b)

Erosion

c)

Weathering

d)

Deoposition

7.

The dropping off of sediments is called

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Deposition

d)

Movement

8.

This rapid landform change is caused by Earth's plates sliding past each other

a)

Volcano

b)

Earthquake

c)

Tsunami

d)

Landslide

9.

A river weathers rock and erodes sediments. This is an example of change by

a)

Wind

b)

Ice

c)

Water

d)

Waves

10.

Glaciers create valleys by slowly moving between two mountains. This change is because of

a)

Ice

b)

Wind

c)

Water

d)

Waves

11.

Wind erodes sand and deposits the sand in hills called dunes. This is a change from

a)

Wind

b)

Water

c)

Waves

d)

Ice

12.

What are the three types of rocks?

a)

Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic

b)

Lave, Sediments, and Magma

c)

Sulfur, Feldspar, and Muscovite

d)

Fossils, Layers, Shells

13.

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Heat and Pressure

c)

Layers of Sediment

d)

Fossils

14.

Fossils are found in what type of rock?

a)

Magma

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Igneous

d)

Metamorphic

15.

A fourth grader found a rock in layers that feels rough and grainy. Which type of rock is it?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Granite

d)

Igneous

16.

What kind of rock is formed from molten rock that has cooled?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Granite

d)

Metamorphic

17.

What do all rocks have in common?

a)

Same Color

b)

Same Size

c)

Round Shape

d)

Made from Minerals

18.

There are lots of shells and sand at the beach. The beach is a good place to look for...

a)

Metamorphic Rock

b)

Minerals

c)

Sedimentary Rock

d)

Igneous Rock

19.

Which of the following titles describe the picture shown?

a)

Metamorhic Cycle

b)

Importance of Sedimetns

c)

The Formation of Minerals

d)

The Rock Cycle

20.

What words are used to describe a mineral's luster?

a)

Magnetic

b)

Hard, Medium, and Soft

c)

Transparent, Transludent, and Opaque

d)

Waxy, Glassy, metallic, and Dull

21.

What tools are used to test the hardness of a mineral?

a)

Magnet

b)

Flashlight

c)

Streak plate

d)

Penny and nail

22.

What tools are used to test the identifying color of a mineral?

a)

Magnets

b)

Flashlight

c)

Streak Plates

d)

Nail and Penny

23.

Which mineral has an observable color of bright yellow/

a)

Sulfur

b)

Galena

c)

Calcite

d)

Graphite

24.

Scientists use a scale to determine the hardness of minerals. What number is the hardest?

a)

1

b)

5

c)

10

d)

100

25.

Minerals have different properties that help scientists identify them. Which is not one?

a)

Luster

b)

Hardness

c)

Smell

d)

Size

26.

A penlight is needed to test what two properties?

a)

Hardness and Magnetism

b)

Streak and Hardness

c)

Luster and Magnetism

d)

Light and Luster

27.

Why does a magnet stick to some minerals?

a)

The mineral contains iron

b)

There is metal in the mineral

c)

There is a magnet in the mineral.

d)

The mineral has a dark streak.

28.

A mineral in powdered form is also know as...

a)

Observable Color

b)

Chalk

c)

Identifying color

d)

Natural color

29.

Rain washing away soil is an example of...

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

30.

Stones becoming weakened is an example of

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

31.

Pebbles becoming sand is an example of

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

32.

When rocks are washed away this is an example of

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

33.

When a rock's shape is changed. Is this weathering or erosion?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

34.

When the wind moves a pile of dirt. This is an example of

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

35.

Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

36.

A mudslide flowing down a steep hill.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

37.

Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

38.

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

39.

Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

40.

Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

41.

How many types of rock are there?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

42.

Sediment comes from?

a)

Heat and Pressure

b)

Compacting and Cementing

c)

Wind and Erosion

d)

Cooling

43.

Igneous rocks are the only rocks created by

a)

Minerals

b)

Sediment

c)

Cooling

d)

Earth

44.

Heat and Pressure

a)

Sediment

b)

Igneous Rocks

c)

Magma

d)

Metamorphic Rocks

45.

When parts of the crust are being pulled down into the Earth

a)

Cooling

b)

Heat and Pressure

c)

Introduction

d)

Subduction

46.

How do igneous rocks become sediment

a)

Cooling

b)

melting

c)

Compaction and Cementation

d)

Weathering and Erosion

47.

Sediment becomes sedimentary rock through

a)

Compaction and Cementing

b)

Wind and Erosion

c)

Heat and Pressure

d)

Melting and Cooling

48.

Sedimentary rock become metamorphic through

a)

Compacting and Cementing

b)

Heat and Pressure

c)

Wind and Erosion

d)

Melting

49.

Metamorphic rock become magma by

a)

Heat

b)

Pressure

c)

Melting

d)

Cooling

50.

Magma becomes igneous rock through:

a)

Eruptions

b)

Melting

c)

Crystallizing

d)

Compaction

51.

Igneous rock becomes magama by:

a)

Heat and Pressure

b)

Melting

c)

Cooling

d)

Crystallizing

52.

Which is not an example of Weathering and erosion

a)

Rain

b)

Hail

c)

Wind

d)

Sand

53.

Fossils only appear in which type of rock?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Igneous

54.

What type of igneous rock is created as magma slowly moves toward earth's surface and cools?

a)

Sediment

b)

Extrusive

c)

Crystalization

d)

Intrusive

55.

What type of igneous rock is formed when lava cools after a volcanic eruption?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Extrusive

c)

Intrusive

d)

Crystallization

56.

Rocks can not be created or destroyed, they are constantly

a)

Dancing

b)

Disappearing

c)

Deposited

d)

Changing

57.

What do you call liquid rock found in earth's interior?

a)

Earth Rock

b)

Mantel

c)

Lava

d)

Magma

58.

What causes the rock cycle?

a)

Weathering and Erosion

b)

Tectonic Plates

c)

Lithification

d)

Heat and Pressure

59.

In order for metamorphic rock to become igneous rock it must

a)

Melt, then cool

b)

Cool, then melt

c)

Be broken down

d)

Melt

60.

Crystals are a property of which type of rock?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Igneous

61.

Ribbon-like layers are a property of which type of rock?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Igneous

62.

Holes or "bubbles" are a property of which type of rock?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Igneous

63.

Which type of fossil is a imprint in the rock?

a)

Cast

b)

Mold

c)

Trace

d)

True

64.

Which type of fossil is made when an animal or plant gets stuck in tar, sap, or ice?

a)

Cast

b)

Mold

c)

Trace

d)

True Form

65.

Which type of fossil is made when minerals replace the original bone?

a)

Mold

b)

Cast

c)

Trace

d)

True Form

66.

Which type of fossil shows a change in the surrounding like a footprint?

a)

Mold

b)

Cast

c)

Trace

d)

True Form

67.

What happens to the skin, muscles, and soft tissue when a fossil is formed?

a)

It decays

b)

It catches on fire

c)

It stays on the animal

d)

Is magically disappears

68.

What word means to keep safe or protect?

a)

Cementing

b)

Preserve

c)

Compaction

d)

Excavate

69.

This type of fossil is created when an insect gets trapped in tree sap.

a)

Cast

b)

Mold

c)

Amber

d)

Trace

70.

What is the first step in creating a fossil

a)

The minerals harden into rock

b)

The bones dissolve

c)

The soft parts rot away

d)

The animal dies

71.

What type of rock are fossils found in?

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Igneous

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Obsidian

72.

What is the name of the scientist who studies fossils?

a)

Biologist

b)

Paleontologist

c)

Geologist

d)

Rock Hunter

73.

A cast fossil is a 3D example of bone.

a)

True

b)

False

74.

A trace fossil is a fossil of the entire body of the animal.

a)

True

b)

False

75.

The oldest layer of sediment is at the top.

a)

True

b)

False

76.

Which of these is most like the way a cast fossil is made/

a)

Shaping the animal out of clay and drying it

b)

Filling a mold with clay and baking it

c)

Rolling clay on a flat surface and cutting shapes in it

d)

Forming clay into a ball and wetting it

77.

Discovering the bones of an extinct dinosaur helps us learn more about

a)

Impacts of humans on earth

b)

Effect of gravity on animals

c)

History of animal species on Earth

d)

Likelihood that dinosaurs will reappear

78.

All of the following can become fossils except

a)

Eggs

b)

Teeth

c)

Rocks

d)

Bones

79.

How do fossils help scientists?

a)

by providing clue about air quality

b)

Giving clues about how it looks on the outside

c)

Giving clues about how the animal looked in the inside

d)

Giving clues about future fossils

80.

A fossil is

a)

Preserved remains of plants or animals

b)

A dead plant or animal

c)

A decayed plant or animal

d)

Any living or nonliving plant or animal

81.

To excavate fossils means to

a)

Take them to a museum

b)

Bury them

c)

Dig them out

d)

Break Them

82.

What does it mean to be extinct?

a)

Still Living

b)

Dead

c)

Dead or Never living again

d)

Brave

83.

Fossils provide evidence of Earth's

a)

Future

b)

Present Day

c)

Past

d)

Modern Animals

84.

Rock Layers provide paleonotoligist with vital information about.

a)

Strength

b)

Relative age

c)

How fragile the rock is

d)

If people will buy it

85.

The oldest rock layers are found

a)

On top

b)

In the middle

c)

Anywhere

d)

On the Bottom

86.

The youngest rocks are found in which layer

a)

The top layer

b)

The middle Layer

c)

Anywhere

d)

The bottom layers

87.

Which layers would you expect to find coal?

a)

Layers with trees

b)

Layers with swamp plants

c)

Layers with fish

d)

Layers with water

88.

Dinosaurs left evidence behind in the form of

a)

Footprints

b)

Bones

c)

Cast/Mold

d)

All of the mentioned

89.

We have fossil records fro every life form that existed long ago

a)

True

b)

False

90.

Fossils of water plants and shells are in this rock. What can be inferred about the rock?

a)

The rock was once at the bottom of the ocean.

b)

The rock weighs more than most rocks.

c)

The rock is very common in western Nebraska

d)

The rock is from an area that was always dry.

91.

Organisms that are similar to their life forms that existed long ago

a)

Crocodiles

b)

Ferns

c)

Cockroaches

d)

All of them

92.

Fossils provide evidence that over time organisms have

a)

Changed

b)

Stayed the same

c)

Dissolved

93.

Horses today compared to horses long ago look

a)

Shorter and smaller

b)

Taller

c)

Bigger

d)

Taller and bigger

94.

What happens to animals when the environment changes?

a)

Thrive

b)

Become Extinct

c)

Adapt or become extinct

d)

Their population increases

95.

Which type of rock contains the greatest amount of fossils?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

All of them

96.

This type of fossil is made of an actual plant or animal?

a)

Imprint/Trace

b)

True Form

c)

Cast

d)

Mold

97.

Fossils that are formed by impressions left behind by a living organism.

a)

Cast

b)

Mold

c)

True

d)

Imprint/Trace

98.

These fossils are hollow impressions left by an organism.

a)

True Form

b)

Imprint/Trace

c)

Mold

d)

Cast

99.

This type of fossils is a replica or the actual organism.

a)

True Form

b)

Imprint/Trace

c)

Mold

d)

Cast

100.

A person who studies the forms of life existing in prehistoric times

a)

Zoologist

b)

Teacher

c)

Archeaologist

d)

Paleontologist

101.

What is know by looking at this skull?

a)

The animal was a plant eater

b)

The animal lived alone

c)

The animal had a long nose

d)

The animal was a meat eater.

102.

What information can fossilized plants provided to scientists?

a)

What kind of environment existed long ago

b)

What kinds of animals were alive long ago

c)

What color the plants were long ago

d)

What dinosaurs looked like long ago

103.

What is the hottest layer of the Earth?

a)

Crust

b)

Inner Core

c)

Outer Core

d)

Mantle

104.

Which slow landform change moves sediments from one place to another?

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

Wind

d)

Landslide

105.

Which is a result of Earth's plates sliding past each other both side to side and up and down?

a)

Volcano

b)

Landslide

c)

Tsunami

d)

Earthquake

106.

What type of fossil shows changes to the surrounding of a place/

a)

True Form

b)

Cast

c)

Trace

d)

Mold

107.

Water seeps into a crevice of a rock and freezes. This is an example of what landform change?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Cracking

108.

How does planting grass help famers?

a)

Gives Earth more oxygen

b)

Gives animals homes

c)

Increases risk of dust storms

d)

Prevents soil erosion

109.

A person who studies earth, rocks, and land forms is called a

a)

Biologist

b)

Seismologist

c)

Paleontologist

d)

Geologist

110.

This type of rock can contain fossils

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Rock Cycle

111.

This type of rock formed in layers called strata.

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Weathering

c)

Igneous

d)

Erosion

112.

This type of rock is made out of magma and is often found near volcanoes

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Limestone

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Igneous

113.

Rocks that are formed inside a volcano are called what?

a)

Extrusive igneous

b)

Volcanic Igneous

c)

Intrusive igneous

d)

Regularly Igneous

114.

What type of rock is formed when particles are compacted and cemented together?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Extrusive

115.

What process causes sandstone to stick together?

a)

Cementation

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Compaction

d)

Erosion

116.

What has to happen for a metamorphic rock to form?

a)

Compaction and cementation

b)

Weathering

c)

Heat and Pressure

d)

Magma cooling

117.

What type of rock forms by weathering?

a)

Extrusive Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Intrusive Igneous

d)

Sedimentary

118.

How does a metamorphic rock change to an igneous rock?

a)

Heat and Pressure

b)

Magma cooling and hardening

c)

Weathering

d)

Erosion

119.

What tells scientists more about Earth's Layers?

a)

Ocean Waves

b)

Deep Caves

c)

Fossils Found in Layers

d)

Gravity

120.

Extrusive Igneous rocks that cool quickly have what kind of texture?

a)

Rough and Bumpy

b)

Smooth and Glassy

c)

Coarse and dense

d)

Flexible and smooth

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