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Earth Materials Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This cycle shows how rocks are created and broken down on and within Earth's crust.

a)

Water Cycle

b)

Rock Cycle

c)

Carbon Cycle

d)

Nitrogen Cycle

2.

What is an igneous rock?

a)

forms when lava or magma cools and solidifies

b)

formed deep underground due to heat and pressure

c)

forms when particles of other rocks are deposited in layers and compacted and cemented

3.

What is a metamorphic rock?

a)

forms when lava or magma cools and solidifies

b)

formed deep underground due to heat and pressure

c)

forms when particles of other rocks are deposited in layers and compacted and cemented

4.

What is a sedimentary rock?

a)

forms when lava or magma cools and solidifies

b)

formed deep underground due to heat and pressure

c)

forms when particles of other rocks are deposited in layers and compacted and cemented

5.

What process has to occur for Magma to turn into an Igneous rock?

a)

Pressure and cememtation

b)

Weathering and erosion

c)

Heating and melting

d)

Cooling and hardening

6.
____________ is the chemical and physical processes that break down rock and other substances.
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Pollution
d)
Deposition 
7.
____________ is the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Traveling
d)
Deposition
8.
_______________ is the process by which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue particles of sediment together into one mass.
a)
Cementation
b)
Deposition
c)
Erosion
d)
Weathering
9.

Where is magma found?

a)

inside Earth

b)

on the surface of the Earth

10.

Where is lava found?

a)

inside Earth

b)

on the surface of the Earth

11.

Fine-grained igneous rocks with small crystals formed from

a)

rapidly cooling lava

b)

slowly cooling magma

12.

Coarse-grained igneous rocks with large crystals formed from

a)

rapidly cooling lava

b)

slow cooling magma

13.

The process by which metamorphic rock changes to igneous rock begins with

a)

melting

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

crystallization

14.
The process by which igneous rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
melting and cooling
c)
weathering and erosion
15.
The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
erosion and deposition
c)
melting and cooling
16.

Choose the number where the following description best fits: Hot lava cools.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

17.
Choose the number where the following description best fits:  Great pressure and heat.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
18.

Choose the number where the following description best fits: Great heat from the center of the Earth causes melting.

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

19.
In our crayon lab, the crayon represented 
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
A rock
d)
Just a crayon
20.
In our crayon lab, we were able to demonstrate the rock cycle by creating sediments and putting them back together in different ways to represent different rocks.  When we melted and cooled the crayon we modeled
a)
How sedimentary rocks form
b)
How metamorphic rocks form
c)
How igneous rocks form
d)
How to melt a crayon
21.

What source of energy helps power the cycling of earth materials?

a)

Infrared energy

b)

Heat from the crust

c)

Electromagnetic energy

d)

Heat from the Earth's core

22.

Rocks that are formed through volcanic activity

a)

Organism

b)

Matter

c)

Energy

d)

Igneous rocks

23.

An igneous rock can be changed into a metamorphic rock, a metamorphic rock can crumble to become a sedimentary rock, and a sedimentary rock can be remelted to become magma. This is known as –

a)

The rock cycle

b)

The carbon cycle

c)

The geological cycle

d)

The Earth materials cycle

24.

How can a metamorphic rock become a sedimentary rock?

a)

It is eroded into small bits that are deposited into igneous rocks.

b)

It cannot become a sedimentary rock.

c)

It can be weathered into small bits that are deposited, compacted, and cemented into a new rock form.

d)

It can be weathered into large bits that are carried downstream by water.

25.

Crystallization is a significant process in the development of which type of rock?

a)

Deposited

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Igneous

26.

Energy from the sun has an effect on the rocky surface of the earth in which of the following processes?

a)

Formation of crystals as molten rock cools

b)

Erosion of rock surface

c)

Faulting and folding of rock layers

d)

Landforms created by tectonic plate movement

27.

To be complete and accurate, a model of how material is cycled on the earth would need to include all of the following EXCEPT–

a)

radiation from the sun.

b)

heat from the earth’s interior.

c)

movement of air, water, and rock.

d)

position and motion of the earth.

28.
___________ is the layer or rock that forms Earth's outer surface.
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
d)
Jacket
29.
The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core is called the ________.
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
d)
Magma
30.
The ________ is the solid, central region of the Earth.
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Heart
31.
____________ is the chemical and physical processes that break down rock and other substances.
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Pollution
d)
Deposition 
32.

A group of interacting elements forming a complex whole is called a __________________.

a)

Cycle

b)

System

c)

Physical change

d)

Chemical change

33.

The ability of a system to do work is called _________

a)

Energy

b)

Physcial change

c)

Chemical change

d)

The rock cycle

34.

A change to a substance that occurs without forming a new substances is called _________

a)

Chemical change

b)

Physical change

c)

The rock cycle

d)

System

35.

A change that involves one substances being pulled apart with another creating a new substances is called _______

a)

Physical change

b)

Chemical change

c)

Substance change

d)

System change

36.

_____________ is made up of water and ice.

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Geosphere

d)

Atmosphere

37.

The air is our _______________ .

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Atmosphere

38.

Earth's energy flow is derived from the __________ and Earth’s hot interior.

a)

Geosphere

b)

Sun

c)

Biosphere

d)

Atmosphere

39.

This cycle shows how rocks are created and broken down on and within Earth's crust.

a)

Water Cycle

b)

Rock Cycle

c)

Carbon Cycle

d)

Nitrogen Cycle

40.

This cycle shows how the movement of water as it passes back and forth between atmosphere and the Earth.

a)

Water cycle

b)

Rock cycle

c)

Carbon cycle

d)

Nitrogen Cycle

41.

What layer of the earth has convection currents?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

42.

What is a Igneous rock formed from?

a)

Cooled magma

b)

Pressure & heat

c)

Cooled lava

d)

Other rocks pushed together

43.

Sedimentary rock is formed by

a)

compaction and cemention

b)

pressure and heat

c)

lava and magma

d)

None of the Above

44.

Fossils are often found in this rock.

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

45.

This rock may be formed from magma that hardens.

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

46.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
Brown, Red, Gray
d)
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
47.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
48.
The movement of weathered material (sediment) is called?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
49.
Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up and down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
50.
Extreme Heat and Pressure creates a _________ rock.
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Mineral