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Worksheets10/30 Lithosphere Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
All rocks are made of...
Stones
Oil
Minerals
Earth
All soil is made by...
Weathering rocks
Water deposits
Volcanoes
Aeolian erosion
Silicates form ____ shapes
A silicate-rich lava will form what kind of volcano?
Dead and dormant
Active and spewing lava
Shallow and broad
Steep and tall
A hydroxide-rich lava will form what kind of volcano?
Dead and dormant
Active and spewing lava
Shallow and broad
Steep and tall
Hydroxides are formed from the destruction of a ____ molecule
Ammonia
Water
Carbon Dioxide
Phosphate
Of these options, which is the lightest mineral anion?
Phosphate
Carbonate
Sulfate
Hydroxide
Which of the following is NOT proof of the existence of historical water?
silicates
hydroxides
halides
carbonates
Describe a halide
Salt left behind by a retreating ocean
Residue from a reaction between carbon dioxide and water
Water incorporated into a rock
An essential mineral for plant life
Which of the following does not contain oxygen?
Silicate
Carbonate
Halide
Phosphate
Roasting which mineral class will create carbon dioxide fumes?
Phosphates
Carbonates
Carbides
Sulfides
What mineral class is needed in order to make DNA?
Nitrogen
Carbonate
Phosphate
Oxide
What's the difference between a sulfate and a sulfide?
Sulfate has more oxygen
Sulfate has less oxygen
Sulfate has more sulfur
Sulfate has less sulfur
When roasted, what mineral class will give breathable oxygen gas?
Carbonates
Sulfates
Sulfides
Oxides
The negative half of a mineral is called a...
Cation
Anion
Negion
Magnetron
Magnetite is a magnetic mineral with the formula Fe3O4. What kind of anion does it have?
Sulfide
Oxide
Carbonate
Hydroxide
The process by which a rock is converted into soil (in one place) is called
Erosion
Transportation
Deposition
Weathering
What method of weathering involves forming ice inside a rock?
Freeze-thaw
Onion-skin
Biological
Chemical
What method of weathering involves heating up a rock so it expands and cracks its outer layers?
Freeze-thaw
Onion-skin
Biological
Chemical
What method of weathering involves dissolving a rock mineral by mineral?
Freeze-thaw
Onion-skin
Biological
Chemical
What method of weathering involves living organisms breaking the rock?
Freeze-thaw
Onion-skin
Biological
Chemical
How does humidity affect the local climate?
It makes the temperature more consistent
It makes the temperature less consistent
It increases radiation
It decreases radiation
Which of the following is most likely in a dry desert?
Freeze-Thaw weathering
Onion-Skin weathering
Biological
Chemical
Iron in a mineral is converted to bulkier iron oxide. This is an example of...
Freeze-Thaw weathering
Onion-skin weathering
Biological weathering
Chemical weathering
On some worlds, water is considered a mineral because of the cold. What class of mineral would it be?
Sulfide
Halide
Hydroxide
Phosphate
Which of the following would generate a high-gravity alert on a gravimeter?
A void
An oil deposit
An aquifer
A gold deposit
Gravimetry detects...
mass variations
convection currents
electric fields
shockwaves
Which heat transfer process is responsible for Earth's magnetic field?
Advection
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Which heat transfer process is impossible within the lithosphere?
Advection
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
A magnetic field is created whenever ____ spins
Molten iron
Electrical current
The Earth
Light waves
Solid iron
The Earth's magnetic poles are...
located where the geographical poles are
stationary
generated by ocean currents
always moving
Which of the following is proof that the poles moved?
High magnetism
Magnetic compass surveys from the past
The absence of earthquakes; quakes can't pass through magnetic fields
Low magnetism
Earth's magnetic field gradually...
saps energy from Earth's rotation, slowing the planet
saps energy from Earth's rotation, accelerating the planet
adds energy to Earth's rotation, slowing the planet
adds energy to Earth's rotation, accelerating the planet
Besides Earth's rotation, where else does Earth's magnetic field draw power from?
The Sun
The Moon
Lightning
Earth's internal heat
Describe the shape of an s-wave
Jerky, back and forth as it moves forward
Bouncy, traveling up and down as it moves
Cubic, traveling in a series of square up/down/forward motions
Lateral, traveling far to the side with forward motion
What class of wave can get through the Earth's core?
S-wave
P-wave
L-wave
Light waves
The region where neither s nor p waves can reach are called...
Hidden realm
Shielded region
Shadow zones
Safe place
A massive S-wave can toss rock upwards. This can displace water causing a...
Hurricane
Small splash
El Nino
Tsunami
Seismic waves will ___ when they reach a liquid part (asthenosphere) of the Earth's interior
slow down
speed up
amplify
diminish
If a p-wave hits the edge of the core at the right angle, it will...
Become trapped forever
Be converted into gravitational energy
Be converted into magnetic energy
Refract
What is the lowest amount of sand Loam could have?
51%
41%
21%
11%
A sample of sandy clay loam might have ___ silt
70%
40%
20%
50%
The smallest soil particle is
Clay
Silt
Sand
Gravel
One of the factors that affects soil creation is...
Carbon content of atmosphere
Presence of lightning
Parent material
Radiation
What is the deepest horizon an earthworm might be found in?
O
A
B
C
What horizon is mostly made of gravel?
O
A
B
C
It takes ____ to make a horizon
Weeks
Years
Centuries
Millennia
Without adequate plant cover, a soil horizon can be destroyed by
Freeze-thaw weathering
Gravity erosion
Onion-skin weathering
Aeolian erosion
What horizon can a plant's roots penetrate to?
O
A
B
C
What kind of soil will allow water to flow past the B horizon without stopping?
Clay
Silty clay
Loam
Sand
