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TCAP Review 2

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What layer is a shell of liquid iron nickel that creates the Earth's magnetic field?

a)

Outer Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

d)

Inner Core

2.

What layer is the deepest layer beneath the Earth's surface at 1,500 miles and is considered to be a solid iron ball because of the pressure it is placed under?

a)

Outer Core

b)

Crust

c)

Mantle

d)

Inner Core

3.

What layer is the thinnest outer layer of the Earth and is made of minerals that make up the rock we stand on?

a)

Outer Core

b)

Crust

c)

Mantle

d)

Core

4.

Weathering is

a)

the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces

b)

the process of moving rock

c)

the temperature outside

d)

dropping off broken pieces of rock

5.

Erosion is

a)

the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces

b)

the process of moving rock

c)

the temperature outside

d)

dropping off broken pieces of rock

6.

Select two causes of physical weathering

a)

Wind

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Acid

d)

Plants or living things

7.
Which of these is an example of erosion
a)
Light Shinning onto a mountain
b)
Rain breaking down rock 
c)
Wind blowing away sediment
d)
All of the above
8.

Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of what?

a)

A. Weathering

b)

B. Erosion

c)

C. Deposition

d)

D. Compaction

9.
Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources?
a)
deforestation
b)
removing carnivores from a forest 
c)
recycling
d)
heating homes with fossil fuels  
10.
Which will most likely happen if lake water becomes pollute by humans?
a)
The pollution will not hurt the plants or animals in the water.
b)
There will be more fish in the lake.
c)
Animals in the lake will die.
d)
It will change the soil around the lake into pebbles.
11.
A farmer decides that he is going to produce his own energy on the farm by using a type of renewable energy. The renewable energy could come from--
a)
setting up wind turbines
b)
having a coal furnace
c)
using natural gas
d)
burning oil
12.
Oil comes from deep underground. When people have used all of the oil on Earth, it will be gone. What kind of resource is oil?
a)
a renewable resource
b)
an inexhaustible resource
c)
a nonrenewable resource
d)
a non-usable resource
13.

A fossil buried deeper in the earth is younger than the fossils buried above it.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What kind of fossil is this?

a)

Cast

b)

Mold

c)

True Form

d)

Trace

15.
A fossil of a fish in a dry place tells us that area long ago...
a)
used to be hotter.
b)
was once covered in ferns.
c)
used to be covered in ice.
d)
was once covered in water.
16.
A plant presses into the top layer of sediment. What type of fossil is this?
a)
Cast
b)
Mold
c)
Imprint
d)
Amber
17.

Scientist determine the age of a fossil by __________________.

a)

studying the order of the layers

b)

asking the fossils

c)

using a streak plate

d)

checking its hardness

18.
What is the result of the Earth’s rotation?
a)
Seasons
b)
Eclipses
c)
Moon Phases
d)
Day and Night
19.
Period during Earth's rotation when Earth faces away from the Sun and it is dark
a)
day
b)
night
c)
shadow
d)
stars
20.
As the Earth rotates, the part of the Earth facing the sun has ________.
a)
an axis
b)
darkness (night)
c)
daylight
d)
winter
21.
As the Earth rotates, the part of the Earth facing away from the sun has ________.
a)
daylight 
b)
darkness (night)
c)
summer 
d)
nice weather
22.

What changes the length of a shadow?

a)

the size of the sun

b)

the angle of the sun

c)

the heat of the sun

d)

the color of the sun

23.

When the sun gets higher in the sky, shadows get ______.

a)

longer

b)

gone

c)

shorter

d)

darker

24.

At noon, when the sun is overhead, shadows ______.

a)

get longer

b)

almost disappear

c)

get shorter