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Midterm Review Earth and Environmental

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a type of igneous rock?

a)

intrusive

b)

foliated

c)

clastic

d)

unloading

2.

What is an example of mechanical weathering?

a)

oxidation

b)

spherodical

c)

frost wedging

d)

acid rain

3.

Which direction does a divergent boundary move?

a)

apart

b)

together

c)

it doesn't move

d)

slides against other plate

4.

What is the basic unit of measurement for volume?

a)

meter

b)

liter

c)

gram

d)

density

5.

What planet is in the center for the geocentric theory?

a)

Earth

b)

Moon

c)

Sun

d)

Mars

6.

How long does one of Earth's rotations take?

a)

365.25 days

b)

1 second

c)

26,000 years

d)

24 hours

7.

How long is Earth's period of precession?

a)

365.25 years

b)

1 second

c)

26,000 years

d)

24 hours

8.

What part of the EM spectrum can we see?

a)

gamma

b)

visible

c)

microwave

d)

radio

9.

What color has the longest wavelength?

a)

red

b)

violet

c)

green

d)

orange

10.

Which layer of the Sun can we see?

a)

chromosphere

b)

corona

c)

photosphere

d)

core

11.

What type of clastic rock has angular particles?

a)

conglomerate

b)

sandstone

c)

breccia

d)

siltstone

12.

Which component makes up 45% of soil?

a)

air

b)

water

c)

organic matter

d)

minerals

13.

What is the most important soil forming factor?

a)

biology

b)

climate

c)

time

d)

parent material

14.

What forms at continental continental convergent boundaries?

a)

faults

b)

mid-ocean ridges

c)

earthquake

d)

mountain ranges

15.

Which mass movement causes fence posts to lean?

a)

slump

b)

creep

c)

mudflow

d)

earthflow