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2022 Accelerated Winter Review

Total questions: 122

Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The fossil record is made up of ____________.

a)

prehistoric dinosaur fossils.

b)

all scientific data about fossils.

c)

all animal fossils in America.

d)

all fossils ever discovered.

2.

If you wanted to know the age of a rock in years, which would you need to use?

a)

Absolute Dating

b)

Relative dating

3.

Rock layers closer to the surface are _____________ than those deeper down.

a)

Younger

b)

Older

4.

What law states that each sedimentary rock layer is older than the rock layer above it and younger than the layer below it?

a)

Law of Superposition

b)

Law of Layeration

c)

Law of Deposition

d)

Law of Sublimation

5.

Which of these might cause unconformity?

a)

Exposure to the elements

b)

Volcanic eruptions

c)

Tectonic plate motion

d)

Adolescent rebellion

6.

What term refers to the steady loss of radioactivity in elements?

a)

radiometric dating

b)

radioactive decay

c)

radiology

7.

Formed when the hollow space formed by and organism is filled in with dirt and become solid

a)

Mold

b)

Cast

c)

Tar

d)

Amber

8.

Which of the following is an example of a mold fossil?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

This type of fossil is tree sap hardened and replaced by minerals.

a)

Petrified wood

b)

Imprint

c)

Amber

d)

Mold

10.

Turtles look much like they did millions of years ago. What can we infer about turtle fossils?

a)

They did not change over time.

b)

The turtle survived the ice age.

c)

Turtles went extinct.

d)

Turtles were never endangered.

11.
this type of fossil provides evidence of the activities of ancient organisms; examples include marks left by footprints or tails
a)
mold
b)
carbon film
c)
trace
d)
cast
12.

Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.

a)

the younger the rocks get

b)

the smellier the rocks get

c)

the harder the rocks get

d)

the older the rocks get

13.

Which layer is YOUNGER? Layer E or Intrusion D?

a)

Layer E

b)

Intrusion D

14.

Which layer is OLDER? Layer E or Intrusion A?

a)

Layer E

b)

Intrusion A

15.

How does absolute age differ from relative age?

a)

only absolute dating indicates which rock is older than another

b)

only absolute dating finds the age in years

c)

only relative dating finds the age in years

16.

By saying "my dad is 48 and I am 13", you would be using...

a)

relative dating

b)

absolute dating

c)

law of superposition

d)

law of crosscutting

17.

Saying: "I am older than my sister," is an example of which type of dating used in Geology:

a)

Relative Dating

b)

Absolute Dating

c)

Chronological Sibling Timelies

d)

Fossil Dating

18.
The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?
a)
Fossil A and C are the same age
b)
Fossil B is older than fossil C
c)
Fossils A is older than fossil B
d)
Fossil D is older than fossil C
19.
_______ are the preserved remains or traces of living things.
a)
bones
b)
fossils
c)
artifacts
d)
organic matter
20.
If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?
a)
what fish are like today
b)
that this fish lacked oxygen
c)
what kind of animal ate this fish
d)
that water once covered the area
21.

What do fossils teach us about?

a)

Everything we need to know about a plant or animal.

b)

They teach us about the past and the environment.

c)

Everything single living thing will become a fossil when it dies.

d)

That wooly mammoths are not extinct.

22.

Under the ice in the artic are rocks with fossils. Some of those fossils are of plants that only grow in warm places. What does finding these fossils there tell us?

a)

This are was not always cold.

b)

Some plants can grow in rock.

c)

Rock is always covered with ice.

d)

The artic is not a very cold place.

23.

How does the fossil record help to support the theory of evolution?

a)

the fossil record shows that organisms slowly change over time

b)

The fossil record shows that species evolve very quickly

c)

The fossil record does not support the theory of evolution

24.

This is the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth, made up of two parts, divided into pieces call tectonic plates.

a)

Inner Core

b)

Asthensophere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Outer Core

25.
Which of these two layers is a solid?
a)
innercore
b)
Outercore
26.
Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up and down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
27.
Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth
a)
increases
b)
decreases 
c)
goes up or down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
28.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
b)
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
29.
What layer is shown by letter A?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
30.
What layer is shown by letter B?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
31.

The hot liquid rock inside the mantle is called ___.

a)

Magma

b)

Lava

c)

Fireballs

32.

We see magma during ____.

a)

Floods

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Blizzards

33.
What layer is shown by letter C?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
34.
What layer is shown by letter D?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
35.

What causes the Earth's crustal plates to move?

a)

revolution of the Earth around the Sun

b)

convection currents in the Earth's mantle

c)

volcanism within the Earth's lithosphere

d)

the rotation of the Earth on its axis

36.

Which layer of the Earth's top portion is called the asthenosphere?

a)

Layer 1

b)

Layer 2

c)

Layer 3

d)

Layer 4

37.

The lithosphere...

a)

Is made of solid iron.

b)

Is the crust and top part of the mantle.

c)

Is a long chain of volcanic islands.

d)

Is where two plates come together.

38.

Magma in the mantle moves in circular patterns called...

a)

Lithospheric Currents

b)

The Iron River

c)

Subduction

d)

Convection Currents

39.

Oceanic crust is __________ than continental crust.

a)

Thinner

b)

Darker

c)

Lighter

d)

Faster

40.

The site where two plates meet:

a)

Boundary

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Subduction

d)

Volcano

41.

Pick the 3 kinds of plate boundaries:

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Subduction

d)

Transform

42.

Alfred ___________ came up with the idea of Continental Drift after noticing that all the continents of the Earth looked as though they fit together like pieces of a puzzle.

a)

Smith

b)

Wegener

c)

Einstein

d)

Edison

43.

Two plate coming together represent a ___________ boundary.

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Subduction zone

d)

Mid Ocean Ridge

44.

Oceanic crust being pushed UNDERNEATH thicker continental crust at a Convergent boundary is called...

a)

Subduction

b)

Sea-Floor Spreading

c)

Flexion

d)

Volcanism

45.

What name did Alfred Wegener give to the 225 million year old "super" continent?

a)

Pangaea

b)

Gaia

c)

Lithosdome

d)

Hessville

46.
This layer is completely solid due to the intense pressure it is under
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
47.
The theory stating the continents were once joined in a large mass that broke apart.
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Pangaea
48.
The tectonic plates float on the 
a)
lithosphere
b)
lower mantle
c)
outer core
d)
asthenosphere
49.
What are the two kinds of crust that the Earth has?
a)
Oceanic and Crustatious Crust
b)
Oceanic and Continental Crust
c)
Optic and Continental Crust
50.
I represents two layers together. What is the name of the combined layer?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
51.
What is mass?
a)
how much space something takes up
b)
the amount of matter in an object
c)
a synonym for weight
d)
how much density an object has
52.
What moon phase is this picture?
a)
This is the full moon phase.
b)
This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
c)
This is the waning gibbous moon phase.
d)
This is the first quarter moon phase.
53.
What moon phase is this picture?
a)
This is the waning crescent phase.
b)
This is the waxing gibbous phase.
c)
This is the waning gibbous phase.
d)
This is the new moon phase.
54.
What is this moon phase?
a)
This is the waxing crescent phase.
b)
This is the full moon phase.
c)
This is the waxing gibbous phase.
d)
This is the last quarter moon.
55.
What is this moon phase?
a)
This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
b)
This is the last quarter moon phase.
c)
This is the first quarter moon phase.
d)
This is the new moon phase.  
56.
What moon phase is this picture?
a)
This is the full moon phase.  
b)
This is the waxing crescent moon phase.
c)
This is the waning gibbous moon phase.
d)
This is the waning crescent moon phase.
57.
What moon phase is this image?
a)
This is the full moon phase.
b)
This is the last quarter moon phase.
c)
This is the waxing gibbous moon.
d)
This is the new moon phase.
58.
The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.
a)
day
b)
year
c)
week
d)
month
59.
What is illuminating the Moon?
a)
Nuclear Fusion
b)
Sunlight
c)
Mirrors
d)
Flood Lights
60.
The moon ____________ or goes around the Earth.
a)
orbits
b)
cries
c)
climbs
61.
Changes in the moon's appearance are
a)
phases
b)
eclipses
c)
stages
d)
cycle
62.
For a solar eclipse to occur, what has to happen?
a)
The sun must be directly between Earth and the moon.
b)
The moon must be directly between Earth and the Sun.
63.
What does this line on the map of the United States show about the solar eclipse?
a)
the path of no eclipse
b)
the path of totality
c)
the path of the lunar eclipse
64.

A lunar eclipse occurs at which moon phase?

a)

quarter moon

b)

new moon

c)

crescent moon

d)

full moon

65.

What type of eclipse is this an example of?

a)

Lunar Eclipse

b)

Solar Eclipse

66.

The mantle "flows" because of large differences in temperature from the bottom to the top, which create convection currents.

a)

True

b)

False

67.
Convergent Plate Movement can create
a)
Rifts
b)
Mountains
c)
Ocean Ridges
d)
Radiation
68.
Divergent Plate movement can create
a)
Convection Currents
b)
Conduction
c)
Mountains
d)
Rifts and ocean ridges
69.
When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Convection Current
d)
Gravitational Pull
70.

In sea floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

a)

along the edge of the continents

b)

along the mid-ocean ridges

c)

in deep ocean trenches

d)

at the North and South pole

71.
Name the boundary
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
sergent
72.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
d)
sergent
73.
Which of the following is associated with transform boundary?
a)
volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes and fault line
74.
Which of the following land formation occurs at a divergent continental/continental boundary?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
Pacific hot spot
d)
rift valley
75.
Mountains form from....
a)
Plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
d)
none of these
76.
What are mid-ocean ridges?
a)
A chain of underwater falls
b)
A chain of underwater volcanoes
c)
A chain of underwater mountains
d)
A chain of underwater rocks
77.
What type of boundary creates a new seafloor?
a)
convergent continental to continental
b)
convergent ocean to continental
c)
convergent ocean to ocean
d)
divergent 
78.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O
79.

Where is the asthenosphere located?

a)

Crust and Upper Mantle

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

d)

Core

80.

What is happening at this boundary to create a volcano?

a)

Plates are sliding beside each other

b)

Both plates are lifting and folding

c)

One plate is going under the other and melting

d)

The plates are moving apart and making new crust

81.

Which major geologic events tend to occur in the Ring of Fire? (PICK 2)

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Hurricanes

d)

Tornadoes

82.

Which of these proves that Earth has changed over time?

a)

Fossilized cactus in desert

b)

Fossilized polar bear at North Pole

c)

Fossilized fish on top of mountains

d)

Fossilized leaves in rain forest

83.

How can you explain finding a fossil of a tropical (warm) plant in an arctic (cold) region?

a)

The climate changed from warm to cold as the land drifted away from the equator

b)

Plants can live in ice

c)

Wind eroded the land and deposited the fossil further north

d)

A river moved the fossil over the course of several years

84.

Tides are the cycle of rising and falling ocean water that repeats approximately

a)

every 24 hours

b)

every 12.5 hours

c)

every 25 hours

d)

every 6.25 hours

85.

A neap tide has the least difference between consecutive low and high tides.

a)

True

b)

False

86.

An orbit is...

a)

The spinning of the Earth

b)

The path that Earth follows around the Sun

c)

How long it takes the Earth to revolve around the Sun

d)

The path that the Sun follows around the Earth

87.

When Earth spins on its axis it is called

a)

resolution

b)

revolution

c)

umbra

d)

rotation

e)

geostationary orbit

88.

Which model of the universe has Earth at its center of the revolving planets and stars?

a)

Kepler's

b)

Brahe's

c)

heliocentric

d)

geocentric

89.

Which model of the solar system has the sun at the center with Earth and the other planets revolving around it.

a)

Brahe's

b)

Kepler's

c)

heliocentric

d)

geocentric

90.

Which are the terrestrial planets? (Can chose more than 1)

a)

Mars and Jupiter

b)

Earth and Saturn

c)

Venus and Mercury

d)

Uranus and Pluto

e)

Earth and Mars

91.

Which of the planets are the gas giants? (Can chose more than 1)

a)

Earth and Venus

b)

Mars and Mercury

c)

Uranus and Saturn

d)

Jupiter and Neptune

92.

These are rocky objects that revolve around the sun, but are too small to be considered planets

a)

comets

b)

asteroids

c)

meteoroid

d)

meteorite

93.

The difference between a meteoroid and a meteorite is that...

a)

a meteoroid hits Earth's surface

b)

a meteoroid is a streak of light when it burns in Earth's atmosphere and a meteorite does not.

c)

a meteorite hits Earth's surface

d)

a meteorite is a streak of light when it burns in Earth's atmosphere and a meteoroid does not.

94.

The tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides

a)

neap tide

b)

King tide

c)

spring tide

d)

full moon tide

95.

The tide with the least difference between the low and high tides.

a)

neap tide

b)

King tide

c)

spring tide

d)

full moon tide

96.
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Jupiter
c)
Mercury
d)
Venus
97.

What type of surfaces do the first four planets have?

a)

Rock

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Gas and Liquid

98.
In 365 days, the Earth __________ around the Sun
a)
Rotates
b)
Revolves
99.
The Whole Earth gets the same amount of Sunlight at the same time.
a)
True
b)
False
100.
When a hemisphere is pointed directly towards the Sun, what season will it be?
a)
Fall
b)
Winter
c)
Spring
d)
Summer
101.

What can we use to measure the distance of objects in our solar system?

a)

Astronomical unit

b)

Cosmic mile

c)

Astrological kilometre

d)

Light- year

102.
During which season is the northern hemisphere tilted toward the Sun?
a)
Summer
b)
Fall
c)
Winter
d)
Spring
103.
What causes the seasons of the year?
a)
The tilt of Earth on its axis
b)
The rotation of the Moon around Earth
c)
The spinning of Earth on its axis
d)
The northern and southern hemisphere
104.
One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.
a)
The inner planets all have water
b)
the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets
c)
the outer planets are gas planets
d)
the outer planets have rings, and the inner planets don't
105.

The 4th planet from the sun. It's red and a lot like Earth.

a)

Mercury

b)

Venus

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

106.

The 5th planet from the sun. It has more mass than all the other planets combined.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

107.

The 6th planet from the sun. Has thousands of small, icy moons that orbit it, forming its famous rings.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

108.

The 8th planet from the sun. Not known by the ancients. Named after the Roman god of the sea because of its blue color.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

109.

The 7th planet from the sun. Has an axial tilt of 98 degrees, which means it orbits the sun tipped over on its side.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

110.

The variable the scientist changes in an experiment. (Cause)

a)

Independent Variable

b)

Dependent Variable

c)

Controlled Variable

d)

Unchanging Variable

111.

The variable the scientist measures in an experiment. (Effect)

a)

Independent Variable

b)

Dependent Variable

c)

Controlled Variable

d)

Unchanging Variable

112.

A large cloud of dust and gas in space. A "stellar nursery."

a)

Nebula

b)

Comet

c)

Asteroid

d)

Galaxy

113.
During the winter months the Earth is ______.
a)
tilted closer toward the Sun
b)
tilted farther away from the Sun
c)
spinning slower than in Summer
d)
spinning faster than in Summer
114.
Tides are caused by ___________
a)
wind
b)
gravitational pull of moon
c)
waves gravitation toward land
d)
rain
115.

Pick the odd one out.

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Venus

d)

Neptune

116.

Pick the odd one out.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mercury

c)

Saturn

d)

Neptune

117.

The ________ mass two objects have, the greater the gravity between them.

a)

more

b)

less

118.

Gravity is weaker if objects are _____________.

a)

closer together

b)

farther apart

119.

Base your answer to the following question on what you know about distance and gravity and the information in provided in the table.


Why does the Moon orbit the Earth and not the Sun?

4 lines
120.

A brick and a pencil are dropped at the same time from the same height. Which one would hit the ground first?

a)

brick

b)

pencil

c)

both would hit at the same time

121.

What two things determine the gravity of an object?

a)

mass & weight

b)

mass & distance

c)

density & mass

d)

volume & distance

122.
A person would weigh more on Jupiter than on the Earth because . . .
a)
Jupiter has more mass, and therefore more gravity
b)
Jupiter has less mass, and therefore more gravity
c)
Jupiter has more mass, and therefore less gravity
d)
Jupiter has less mass and therefore less gravity

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