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1st Grading Long Test

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

TRUE or FALSE

Geology is the study of the Earth, the materials of which it is made, the structure of those materials, and the processes acting upon them.

(a)  

2.

TRUE or FALSE

Blueshift occurs whenever a light source moves away from an observer.

(a)  

3.

TRUE or FALSE

Earth is a unique planet in solar system because of its beautiful atmosphere

(a)  

4.

TRUE or FALSE

According to Big Bang Theory the inflationary phase of the universe's expansion lasts forever.

(a)  

5.

TRUE or FALSE

Terrestrial planets are usually have a larger size and cool temperature

(a)  

6.

TRUE or FALSE

The plate of the lithosphere move or float on this hot and malleable semi-liquid zone is Asthenosphere.

(a)  

7.

TRUE or FALSE

Normal matter is a force that counteracts gravity hence, preventing celestial bodies from collision.

(a)  

8.

TRUE or FALSE

Lemaître theorized that the universe began from a primordial atom.

(a)  

9.

TRUE or FALSE

Solar Nebula allows the production of other heavy elements such as Fe, Mg and more.

(a)  

10.

TRUE or FALSE

Hydrosphere have the larger part in Earth.

(a)  

11.

Rocks that form when older rocks are heated or squeezed are called ________rocks.

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

d)

chemical

12.

What does the streak test for minerals help do?

a)

test the hardness

b)

identify minerals

c)

test the luster

d)

demonstrate cleavage or fracture

13.

.An inorganic solid material found in nature is a(n) ________.

a)

ore

b)

mineral

c)

rock

d)

crystal

14.

________ rocks form when lava cools at Earth's surface.

a)

Intrusive igneous

b)

Extrusive igneous

c)

Biochemical

d)

Foliated metamorphic

15.

Cleavage is caused by ________.

a)

weaknesses in the arrangement of the atoms

b)

strength in the arrangement of the atoms

c)

the hardness of the mineral

d)

the arrangement of the atoms in a repeating pattern

16.

________ rocks are made when pieces of other rocks, plant and animal matter, or dissolved minerals collect to form rock layers.

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Igneous

d)

Foliated

17.

Which of the following is a foliated metamorphic rock?

a)

gneiss

b)

schist

c)

slate

d)

All of these

18.

A(n) _______ is usually made of two or more minerals.

a)

rock

b)

crystal

c)

gem

d)

ore

19.

Metamorphic rocks are divided into what two groups?

a)

foliated and striated

b)

foliated and banded

c)

foliated and non-foliated

d)

banded and non-layered

20.

Which of the following is a type of igneous rock that is cooled below Earth's crust?

a)

intrusive

b)

extrusive

c)

fossil fuel

d)

ore

21.

(a)   are events that occur on a geological timescale ranging between millions of centuries, hundreds of meters and thousands of kilometers

22.

A (a)   is a vent that directly connects magma to the surface of the Earth.

23.

(a)   builds up inside the volcano over time, and when it reaches an extremely high level, it ruptures the ground and out comes the lava.

24.

(a)   eruption style that has a more sustained and could occur in series of blasts on a certain time interval.

25.

When gravity causes materials to move downhill (a)   happen.

26.

mass wasting process has the slowest rate of movement is (a)   .

27.

The release of magma from a volcano (a)   .

28.

Type of plate boundary do subduction zone is (a)   .

29.

Plate tectonic explain that the conventional movement of (a)   is the reason why continents drift,

30.

Volcanic eruption release (a)   that affect but not harmful in atmosphere, creating microscopic aerosol,

31.

Human beings evolved during which geologic era?

a)

Cenozoic

b)

Mesozoic

c)

Paleozoic

d)

Precambrian

32.

What is the name for an erosion surface that separates two sets of sedimentary layers with non-parallel bedding planes?

a)

cross-bedding

b)

formation

c)

angular unconformity

d)

fault

33.

Land plants appeared during the ________Era?

a)

Cenozoic

b)

Mesozoic

c)

Paleozoic

d)

Precambrian

34.

Which of the following is used by geologists to determine the relative ages in a rock sequence?

a)

Stratigraphy

b)

fossils

c)

cross-cutting relationships

d)

all of these

35.

The idea that younger beds are deposited on top of older beds is called the

a)

Principle of Original Horizontality

b)

Principle of Fossil Succession

c)

Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships

d)

Principle of Superposition

36.

Precambrian era tells the extinction of dinosaurs which gave way to the age of mammals including man.

a)

true

b)

false

37.

45.6 billion years is the approximate age of the Earth.

a)

true

b)

false

38.

Lord Kelvin calculated the age of the Earth by using thermal gradients.

a)

true

b)

false

39.

Seismograph was used that led to the discovery of over 200 isotopes.

a)

true

b)

false

40.

Continental drift presents the evidences that land masses move and were once together.

a)

true

b)

false

41.

Explain how elastic rebound theory is related to strain energy and earthquake? (5 points)

4 lines
42.

Why despite the technological advances we have today, we cannot still tell exactly when will a volcano erupt? (5 points)

4 lines