WorksheetsGEOSPHERE
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
What are the 4 spheres of the Earth?
Atmosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere & Stratosphere
Thermosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere & Atmosphere
Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere & Lithosphere
Geosphere, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere & Biosphere
What is a biosphere?
crust and upper mantle of Earth
places on Earth occupied by living organisms
gases surrounding the Earth
all waters of Earth
What is the Hydrosphere?
The Ocean
Clouds in the Atmosphere
All of the water on the Earth's surface
Lakes and Streams
A solid inorganic substance formed by natural processes that has a fixed chemical composition and a crystalline structure is a...
Rock
Stone
Mineral
Geode
We compare mineral hardness with...
Kroos scale
Mohs scale
Kris scale
Gutemberg scale
Do you know which mineral is that one?
Diamomd
Sulfur
Gypsum
Yellow topaz
What geosphere layer is pointed?
Crust
Mantle
Inner core
Outere core
Only one is truth
Continental crust is made up of seas and oceans
Oceanic crust is made up of continets and mountains
Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust
Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust
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?
Igenous rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Rocks formed in volcanic eruptions are...
Volcanic rocks
Plutonic rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Subvolcanic rocks
Metamorphic rocks are formed by...
Sediments
High temperature and pressure
Lava
Magma
Igneous rocks formed when the magma cools very slowly at great depth are....
Volcanic
Plutonic
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Slate is a...
Saline rock
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
Metamorphic rock
Coal comes from...
Plancton
Sponge
Plants
Animals
Which of the following would be the best description of the mineral property called luster?
A minerals resistance to being scratched.
The color a mineral gives off.
How a mineral reflects light.
Observing the color of the powder left behind when scraping across a surface.
How a mineral reflects light from its surface is known as
Streak
Element
Fracture
Luster
The color of the powder left behind by a mineral.
Streak
Cleavage
Color
Luster
Which rocks contains fossils.
volcanic igneous rocks
plutonic igneous rocks
Marble is an example of
Igneous rock
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
Which type of rock is formed when lava cools and solidifies?
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
What type metamorphic rock is gneiss?
Metamorfic rock (foliated)
Sedimentary rock
(Detrital)
Igneous rock
(plutonic)
Which type of rock is shown?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
How can you identify a plutonic rock?
Small crystals
Large crystals
Fine grained crystals
