WorksheetsESS Unit 1 Test
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following is not a mineral characteristic?
Naturally Occurring
Unknown chemical composition
Crystalline structure
Solid at room temperature
Which of the following is NOT one of the 8 tests used to identify materials?
Streak
Color
Luster
Location of find
Which of the following IS one of the 6 main mining techniques? (Meaning there is only one that is correct)
Core Drilling
Tilling
Contour Strip mining
Blast Excavation
Rocks are mixtures of minerals, organic materials, and ________________.
Other rocks
water
fossils
chemical compunds
The three rock types are igneous, sedimentary, and ___________________.
Triassic
Metamorphic
Surface
prehistoric
When a rock is broken down into smaller pieces, it is called ______________.
Deformation
Attrition
Weathering
Leaching
Erosion is how ________________ are moved around.
Plants
Biological Remnants
Rocks
Sediments
___________ occurs when sediments are dropped in another location by forces such as wind and water.
Deposition
Propagation
Irrigation
Accumulation
Weathering, erosion, and deposition interact forming _________________ rocks in the rock cycle.
volcanic
metamorphic
igneous
sedimentary
Which of the following would be considered chemical weathering?
water flowing over a rock in a stream
Acid rain
tree roots splitting subterranean rocks
wind blowing across exposed rock
Which of the following is an example of physical weathering?
oxidation
acids from plants breaking down rock
hydrolysis
ice wedging
A non-renewable energy source has a fixed quantity and _______________.
cannot be produced within 5 years
cannot be produced by humans
cannot be produced within a normal human lifetime
cannot be produced with economic profit
Which of the following is NOT a non-renewable resource?
Petroleum
Coal
Nuclear energy
wind energy
A renewable resource can be replaced _________________.
within 100 years
within the lifetime of a normal human or less
within 2 human lifetimes
immediately
Which of the following is NOT a renewable resource?
solar
wind
tidal
nuclear
