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Worksheets1st Grading Long Test
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 36mins
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)
TRUE or FALSE
Blueshift occurs whenever a light source moves away from an observer.
(a)
TRUE or FALSE
Earth is a unique planet in solar system because of its beautiful atmosphere
(a)
TRUE or FALSE
According to Big Bang Theory the inflationary phase of the universe's expansion lasts forever.
(a)
TRUE or FALSE
Terrestrial planets are usually have a larger size and cool temperature
(a)
TRUE or FALSE
The plate of the lithosphere move or float on this hot and malleable semi-liquid zone is Asthenosphere.
(a)
TRUE or FALSE
Normal matter is a force that counteracts gravity hence, preventing celestial bodies from collision.
(a)
TRUE or FALSE
Lemaître theorized that the universe began from a primordial atom.
(a)
TRUE or FALSE
Solar Nebula allows the production of other heavy elements such as Fe, Mg and more.
(a)
TRUE or FALSE
Hydrosphere have the larger part in Earth.
(a)
Rocks that form when older rocks are heated or squeezed are called ________rocks.
igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
chemical
What does the streak test for minerals help do?
test the hardness
identify minerals
test the luster
demonstrate cleavage or fracture
.An inorganic solid material found in nature is a(n) ________.
ore
mineral
rock
crystal
________ rocks form when lava cools at Earth's surface.
Intrusive igneous
Extrusive igneous
Biochemical
Foliated metamorphic
Cleavage is caused by ________.
weaknesses in the arrangement of the atoms
strength in the arrangement of the atoms
the hardness of the mineral
the arrangement of the atoms in a repeating pattern
________ rocks are made when pieces of other rocks, plant and animal matter, or dissolved minerals collect to form rock layers.
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Foliated
Which of the following is a foliated metamorphic rock?
gneiss
schist
slate
All of these
A(n) _______ is usually made of two or more minerals.
rock
crystal
gem
ore
Metamorphic rocks are divided into what two groups?
foliated and striated
foliated and banded
foliated and non-foliated
banded and non-layered
Which of the following is a type of igneous rock that is cooled below Earth's crust?
intrusive
extrusive
fossil fuel
ore
(a) are events that occur on a geological timescale ranging between millions of centuries, hundreds of meters and thousands of kilometers
A (a) is a vent that directly connects magma to the surface of the Earth.
(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.
(a) eruption style that has a more sustained and could occur in series of blasts on a certain time interval.
When gravity causes materials to move downhill (a) happen.
mass wasting process has the slowest rate of movement is (a) .
The release of magma from a volcano (a) .
Type of plate boundary do subduction zone is (a) .
Plate tectonic explain that the conventional movement of (a) is the reason why continents drift,
Volcanic eruption release (a) that affect but not harmful in atmosphere, creating microscopic aerosol,
Human beings evolved during which geologic era?
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Precambrian
What is the name for an erosion surface that separates two sets of sedimentary layers with non-parallel bedding planes?
cross-bedding
formation
angular unconformity
fault
Land plants appeared during the ________Era?
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Precambrian
Which of the following is used by geologists to determine the relative ages in a rock sequence?
Stratigraphy
fossils
cross-cutting relationships
all of these
The idea that younger beds are deposited on top of older beds is called the
Principle of Original Horizontality
Principle of Fossil Succession
Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships
Principle of Superposition
Precambrian era tells the extinction of dinosaurs which gave way to the age of mammals including man.
true
false
45.6 billion years is the approximate age of the Earth.
true
false
Lord Kelvin calculated the age of the Earth by using thermal gradients.
true
false
Seismograph was used that led to the discovery of over 200 isotopes.
true
false
Continental drift presents the evidences that land masses move and were once together.
true
false
Explain how elastic rebound theory is related to strain energy and earthquake? (5 points)
Why despite the technological advances we have today, we cannot still tell exactly when will a volcano erupt? (5 points)
