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G.8 Science Final Exam II Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one is the property of a mineral?

a)

Solid

b)

Crystalline structure

c)

Naturally occuring

d)

All of the above

2.

_____________ is a property used to classify minerals. The mineral is scratched on a white tile plate to determine the color of powder left behind.

a)

Color

b)

Hardness

c)

Luster

d)

Streak

3.

______________ is a property that classifies minerals based on how well they reflect light.

a)

Hardness

b)

Color

c)

Streak

d)

Luster

4.

Which rock is formed from melted rock?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

5.

Which rock is formed from heat and pressure on pre existing rocks?

a)

sedimentary

b)

igneous

c)

metamorphic

6.

Which rock forms pieces of rock that are deposited, compacted and cemented together?

a)

sedimentary

b)

igneous

c)

metamorphic

7.

Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

a)

Pandora

b)

Gandowandaland

c)

Pangea

d)

Percia

8.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
9.
A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Spreading
10.

Which of the following is a silicate mineral?

a)

Copper

(Cu)

b)

Calcite

(CaCO3)

c)

Quartz

(SiO2)

d)

Pyrite

(FeS2)

11.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
12.

Which layer of the Earth is made of the crust and the upper mantle?

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Crust

13.

Which layer of Earth is mostly made of silicon, oxygen, and aluminum?

a)

inner core

b)

mantle

c)

core

d)

crust

14.

Which layer of Earth do the tectonic plates float on?

a)

LIthosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

15.

Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?

a)

crust

b)

lithosphere

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

16.
What type of volcano is shown on the model above? 
a)
Composite Volcano
b)
Shield Volcano
c)
Cinder Cone Volcano
17.
What type of volcano is shown on the model above? 
a)
Shield Volcano
b)
Composite Volcano
c)
Cinder Cone Volcano
18.
Once magma reaches the earth's surface it is called.....
a)

Silica

b)

Rock

c)

Lava

d)

Magma

19.
Approximately 70% of the world's composite volcanoes are located around the Pacific Ocean in a region called the ____________. 
a)
Ring of Fire
b)
Volcano Ring
c)
Nucleus of Volcanoes
d)
Center of Fire
20.

A huge hole that is left behind when a volcano's crater collapses is called a ______

a)

Lava plateau

b)

Caldera

c)

Crater

d)

Fissure

21.

What is the beginning point of an earthquake?

a)

focus

b)

epicenter

c)

tsunami

d)

lithosphere

22.

What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus?

a)

tsunami

b)

seismic wave

c)

epicenter

d)

focus

23.

The strength of an earthquake's seismic waves...

a)

epicenter

b)

magnitude

c)

tsunami

d)

focus

24.

Fast-moving waves that occur beneath the surface of the earth are what type of earthquake waves?

a)

love wave

b)

surface waves

c)

P wave

d)

Body waves

25.

True or False:

A seismograph is used to detect, time, and measure the movements of the earth.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

True or False:

The Modified Mercalli scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake's seismic waves and assigns it a number.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Why is ice considered a mineral, while water is not?

a)

because it's solid.

b)

because it has oxygen in it.

c)

because it's liquid

d)

because it has hydrogen in it.

28.

________is when the soil loses its strength and turns into a liquid state by an earthquake.

a)

Aftershock

b)

Liquefaction

c)

Seismic Gap

d)

Tsunami

29.
What happens in strike slip faults?
a)
Fault blocks move past each other horizontally. 
b)
Fault blocks move past each other vertically.
c)
The faults do not move at all. 
d)
The faults do move but not enough to cause anything. 
30.

How do Folded Mountains form?

a)

Tension breaks the lithosphere into pieces causing some to fall relative to others. .

b)

Magma erupts from the crust.

c)

Magma under the crust pushes the layers upward.

d)

Compression causes layers to be squeezed and pushed upward.

31.
Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle!
a)

tension

b)

compression

c)

shear stress

32.
What type of stress is happening to these layers of crust?
a)

Compression

b)

Shear stress

c)

Faulting

d)

Tension

33.
What type of fault does the image represent?
a)
Normal Fault
b)
Reverse Fault
c)
Strike Slip Fault
d)
Trench Fault
34.
What type of stress are the fault blocks experiencing?
a)
Compression
b)
Tension
c)
Shear Stress
d)
Cleavage
35.

What type of fold is this?

a)

syncline

b)

anticline

c)

reverse fault

d)

normal fault

36.

What type of rock forms from when lava cools on Earth's surface?

a)

intrusive igneous rocks

b)

foliated intrusive rocks

c)

extrusive igneous rocks

d)

non foliated extrusive rocks

37.

In which type of rock does magma cool slowly and forms large crystals?

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

intrusive igneous rock

c)

metamorphic rock

d)

extrusive igneous rocks

38.

Sediments that are compacted and cemented together are called ___________ rocks.

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Chemical

39.

Sedimentary Rock comes in three different types. What are they?

a)

Extrusive

b)

Chemical

c)

Clastic

d)

Foliated

e)

Organic

40.

What are two types of metamorphic rock?

a)

Foliated

b)

Chemical

c)

Non-Foliated

d)

Organic

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