WorksheetsScience Finals Study
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which one of these is not a way to identify a mineral?
Streak
Luster
Color Under Water
Hardness
How do you conduct a streak test?
You observe the color of the surface under light
You scratch the mineral on a plate and observe the color of the scratch
Observe the color of a mineral when it is underwater.
You scratch the mineral on different objects and put the mineral on Mohs Scale
List 5 characteristics of a mineral
Form Naturally, inorganic, solid, crystal structure, chemical composition
Reacts with acid, forms naturally, inorganic, solid, crystal structure
Luster, Hardness, color, streak, density
Luster, hardness, color, streak, solid
Which one has a crystal structure?
A
B
Neither
Both
What is luster?
How a mineral looks underwater
What color the mineral is
What color a mineral is under light
How much density the object has
What are two ways that crystals form?
Cooling Molten Rock
Solidifying from evaporation of water
Arrangement of atoms in a repeating pattern.
When minerals breaks in a smooth flat pattern
The outer core is made out of which of the following materials?
Flowing Rock
Solid Rock
Liquid iron and Nickle
Solid Iron and Nickle
Scientists belive that the deeper into the geosphere ________.
Temperature and Pressure Decrease
Pressure increases and Temperature decreases
Pressure and Temperature Increases
It stays the same
What two layers make-up the Earth's Lithosphere?
Upper Mantle and asthenosphere
Crust and the Uppermost Mantle
Crust and Lower Mantle
Does not exist
List the layers of the earth from outer to inner
Crust, Outer core, Inner core, mantle
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
What is the difference between oceanic and continental crust?
Continental crust is denser and thicker than oceanic.
Continental is denser than Oceanic Crust.
Oceanic crust is denser but not thicker than continental.
Oceanic is thicker and Continental is denser
Earth's magnetic field is generated by what?
The inner and outer core spinning in opposite directions
The inner core spinning faster that the outer core
The inner and outer core spinning the same way
The outer core spinning faster than the inner core
How does the magnetic field of the Earth protect it?
It blocks out harmful sunlight
It protects Earth against acid rain
It forces meteorites to bounce of it
It repels charged particles from the sun
What process is used to form sedimentary rock?
Lava cools and hardens to form a rock
Magma trapped under the Earth;s surface cools and solidifies
Bits of sand and gravel from layers that turn into rock from compaction and cementation
Extreme heat and pressure from inside the Earth turn rocks into new rocks
Which of the words below describe mud, sand, and tiny bits of rocks that cement together to form a type of rock?
stalactites
sediments
metamorphs
magmas
What type of rock would you expect to find at the base of a volcano?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
All of the above
What mineral is used to form igneous rocks?
magma
sand
fossils
gravel
In order for a metamorphic rock to form _________ is needed
Heat
Weathering
Pressure
Heat and Pressure
What type of rock is made when magma cools?
Sedimentary
Matamorphic
Igneous
All of the above
What type of rock most likely contains fossils?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
All of the above
What type of rock is formed when heat or pressure changes it?
Sedimentary
Matamorphic
Igneous
All of the above
What type of rock is granite?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
What type of rock is marble?
Sedimentary
Matamorphic
Igneous
What type of rock is sandstone?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
What do all rocks contain?
Minerals
Salt
Sediments
Magma
