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Final Study Guide #1-23

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A suggested answer to a scientific question that has not been tested is called a(n)....

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Law

c)

Question

d)

Scientific Hypotenuse

2.

What type of map uses contour lines to show differences in elevation?

a)

Aviation

b)

Historical

c)

Topographical

d)

Globe

3.

Which of Earth’s 4 “spheres” contain all living things?

a)

Bioshpere

b)

Geosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Atmosphere

4.

Which of Earth’s 4 “spheres” include all the rocky/solid parts of Earth?

a)

Biosphere

b)

Geosphere

c)

Hydropshere

d)

Atmosphere

5.

What is an element?

a)

Earth, wind, and fire

b)

Substance made up of 2 or more compunds

c)

Contains only 1 atom

d)

Simplest form of matter

6.

What is a compound?

a)

Substances made of one element

b)

Substances made of two or more elements in a fixed ratio

c)

Another name for an element

d)

Mass divided by volume

7.

What are the 5 defining characteristics of a mineral?

a)

Luster, inorganic, solid, chemical composition, & specific crystal structure

b)

Inorganic, solid, specific crystal structure, fixed chemical composition, & naturally occurring

c)

Organic, liquid, fixed chemical composition, specific chemical composition, & naturally occurring

d)

Solid, naturally occurring, inorganic, changing chemical composition, & no crystal structure

8.

Which mineral ID property uses the Mohs scale?

a)

Luster

b)

Radioactivity

c)

Hardness

d)

Color

9.

How do you calculate density?

a)

Length x Width x Height

b)

Weight divided by height

c)

Volume x mass

d)

Mass divided by volume

10.

Which mineral ID property involves the irregular breakage of minerals?

a)

Fracture

b)

Crystal From

c)

Cleavage

d)

Hardness

11.

Which mineral group is most commonly found in Earth’s crust?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Halogens

c)

Silicates

d)

Dilicates

12.

Which type of rock forms when heat, pressure, and/or chemical reactions cause a rock to change?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimantary

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Lonely Rocks

13.

What are two differences between extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks?

a)

Grain size

b)

How old they are

c)

How quickly they get weathered

d)

Where they formed/cooled

e)

Color

14.

What energy source drives the Earth’s Rock Cycle?

a)

Stars

b)

Earth's internal heat

c)

Meteors

d)

Oceans

15.

What 2 processes “smash and glue” sediments together to form sedimentary rock?

a)

Implementation

b)

Lamentation

c)

Cementation

d)

Compaction

e)

Lithificating

16.

What is weathering?

a)

Rock pieces/sediment being compacted and cemented together

b)

Rock being gradually broken down into tiny pieces/sediments

c)

Rock pieces/sediment being transported

d)

Rock pieces/sediment being dropped off and accumulating

17.

What are at least 3 factors that affect the rate of weathering in rocks?

a)

Composition

b)

Exposed surface area

c)

Climate

d)

Biological activity

e)

Elevation

18.

Select the examples of mechanical weathering.

a)

Ice Wedging

b)

Abrasion

c)

Carbonation

d)

Exfoliation

e)

Hydrolysis

19.

Select the examples of chemical weathering.

a)

Root Growth

b)

Carbonation

c)

Exfoliation

d)

Hydrolysis

e)

Oxidation

20.

Which process is defined as the transportation of earth materials from one place to another?

a)

Lithification

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion

d)

Deposition

21.

What are the 4 main ingredients of soil?

a)

Mineral matter, humus, oxygen, & rock

b)

Mineral matter, water, air, & organic matter/humus

c)

Earth, water, air, & organic matter/humus

d)

Water, organic matter/humus, oxygen, & soil

22.

What is at the very bottom of a soil profile?

a)

B Horizon

b)

A Horizon

c)

C Horizon

d)

Bedrock

e)

Dirt

23.

What is residual soil?

a)

Parent material is the bedrock

b)

Parent material has been carried from somewhere else and deposited

c)

Parent material does not exist

d)

Parent material is actually grandparent material

24.

What is transported soil

a)

Parent material does not exist

b)

Parent material is the bedrock

c)

Parent material has been carried from somewhere else and deposited

d)

Parent material is old soil

25.

In what type of environment would soil form the quickest?

a)

Cool

b)

Hot

c)

Dry

d)

Humid

e)

Cold