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Earth's Resources

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of rock is formed from molten rock?

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Igneous

c)

Sedimentary

2.

What is the called when rocks in Earth's crust are slowly broken into smaller parts?

a)

deposition

b)

erosion

c)

weathering

d)

minerals

3.

What is a break or crack in rocks where Earth's crust can move suddenly?

a)

earthquake

b)

fault

c)

weathering

d)

erosion

4.

What are natural, non-living solid crystals that make up rocks?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Minerals

d)

Sedimentary

5.

What is the movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again?

a)

rock cycle

b)

water cycle

c)

condensation

d)

evaporation

6.

What type of rock is formed from intense heat and pressure?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Minerals

d)

Metamorphic

7.

A rock that formed from magma has very large crystals. How did it cool?

a)

very quickly

b)

on land

c)

under water

d)

very slowly

8.

A rock has layers and is made of small grains of sediment. What type of rock is it?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Graphite

9.

Which statement about minerals is true?

a)

A mineral can scratch any mineral with a higher hardness.

b)

A mineral always has the same color.

c)

A streak can be a different color than the mineral itself.

d)

Cleavage refers to the shape of a mineral's crystals.

10.

Which is an example of liquid water on Earth's surface?

a)

a glacier

b)

water vapor

c)

lake

d)

an ice cap

11.

Which of the following can rapidly change Earth's surface?

a)

canyons

b)

volcanoes

c)

chemical weatherin

d)

erosion

12.

Where do earthquakes occur?

a)

near an epicenter

b)

in the mountains

c)

along a fault

d)

in the ocean

13.

What is the recycling of old rock into new rock called?

a)

metamorphic

b)

water cycle

c)

rock cycle

d)

magma

14.

What is the process called where weathered rock is taken away?

a)

deposition

b)

erosion

c)

chemical weathering

d)

physical weathering

15.

Most of Earth's water is _____________.

a)

fresh water

b)

ice caps

c)

salt water

d)

drinking water

16.

What causes sedimentary rock to turn into metamorphic rock?

a)

magma

b)

chemical pressure

c)

heat and pressure

d)

minerals and crystals

17.

In which stage of the water cycle does water vapor change into droplets of liquid water?

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

collection

18.

What are 3 different ways that you can test a mineral to determine what it is?

a)

streak, Moh's hardness scale, and luster

b)

streak, weight, and color

c)

streak, size, and weight

d)

streak, weight, and Moh's hardness scale

19.

What is the difference between weather and climate?

a)

Weather is rain, snow, sleet, or hail. Climate is anything outside.

b)

Weather is how air, water, and temperature interact each day. Climate is rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

c)

Weather is how air, water, and temperature interact each day. Climate is the weather in an area over time.

d)

Weather is the breaking of rocks. Climate is the breaking of chemicals.

20.

What are the three kinds of rocks?

a)

Igneous, precipitation, condensation

b)

Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary

c)

Igneous, Metamorphic, and sandstone

d)

Igneous, minerals, and sedimentary

21.

What are the four main parts of the water cycle?

a)

condensation, precipitation, evaporation, collection

b)

condensation, metamorphic, weathering, evaporation

c)

collection, expiration, participation, condensation