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GEOSPHERE

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

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Class
Date
1.

What are the 4 spheres of the Earth?

a)

Atmosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere & Stratosphere

b)

Thermosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere & Atmosphere

c)

Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere & Lithosphere

d)

Geosphere, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere & Biosphere

2.

What is a biosphere?

a)

crust and upper mantle of Earth

b)

places on Earth occupied by living organisms

c)

gases surrounding the Earth

d)

all waters of Earth

3.

What is the Hydrosphere?

a)

The Ocean

b)

Clouds in the Atmosphere

c)

All of the water on the Earth's surface

d)

Lakes and Streams

4.

A solid inorganic substance formed by natural processes that has a fixed chemical composition and a crystalline structure is a...

a)

Rock

b)

Stone

c)

Mineral

d)

Geode

5.

We compare mineral hardness with...

a)

Kroos scale

b)

Mohs scale

c)

Kris scale

d)

Gutemberg scale

6.

Do you know which mineral is that one?

a)

Diamomd

b)

Sulfur

c)

Gypsum

d)

Yellow topaz

7.

What geosphere layer is pointed?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner core

d)

Outere core

8.

Only one is truth

a)

Continental crust is made up of seas and oceans

b)

Oceanic crust is made up of continets and mountains

c)

Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust

d)

Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust

9.

What rocks are made up of fragments that break off from surface rocks because of erosion, the remains of living things and dissolved substances that precipitate?

a)

Igenous rocks

b)

Sedimentary rocks

c)

Metamorphic rocks

10.

Rocks formed in volcanic eruptions are...

a)

Volcanic rocks

b)

Plutonic rocks

c)

Metamorphic rocks

d)

Subvolcanic rocks

11.

Metamorphic rocks are formed by...

a)

Sediments

b)

High temperature and pressure

c)

Lava

d)

Magma

12.

Igneous rocks formed when the magma cools very slowly at great depth are....

a)

Volcanic

b)

Plutonic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Metamorphic

13.

Slate is a...

a)

Saline rock

b)

Sedimentary rock

c)

Igneous rock

d)

Metamorphic rock

14.

Coal comes from...

a)

Plancton

b)

Sponge

c)

Plants

d)

Animals

15.

Which of the following would be the best description of the mineral property called luster?

a)

A minerals resistance to being scratched.

b)

The color a mineral gives off.

c)

How a mineral reflects light.

d)

Observing the color of the powder left behind when scraping across a surface.

16.
Minerals are inorganic which means that
a)
they were once parts of living things.
b)
renewable
c)
they were never part of anything living.
d)
they are nonrenewable
17.

How a mineral reflects light from its surface is known as

a)

Streak

b)

Element

c)

Fracture

d)

Luster

18.

The color of the powder left behind by a mineral.

a)

Streak

b)

Cleavage

c)

Color

d)

Luster

19.

Which rocks contains fossils. 

a)
sedimentary rocks
b)
metamorphic rocks
c)

volcanic igneous rocks

d)

plutonic igneous rocks

20.
A metamorphic rock in which the grains line up in parallel bands is a
a)
Clastic Rock
b)
Nonclastic Rock
c)
Nonfoliated Rock
d)
Foliated Rock
21.

Marble is an example of

a)

Igneous rock

b)

Sedimentary rock

c)

Metamorphic rock

22.

Which type of rock is formed when lava cools and solidifies?

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

23.

What type metamorphic rock is gneiss?

a)

Metamorfic rock (foliated)

b)

Sedimentary rock

(Detrital)

c)

Igneous rock

(plutonic)

24.

Which type of rock is shown?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

25.

How can you identify a plutonic rock?

a)

Small crystals

b)

Large crystals

c)

Fine grained crystals