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y8t3 earth science revision test

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does inorganic mean?
a)
Something that is living
b)
Something that is dead, but was once living
c)
Something that was never living
2.
What mineral is used for pencils?
a)
Graphite
b)
Galena
c)
Magnetite
d)
Quartz
3.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
top crust,bottom crust
b)
oceanic crust, continental crust
c)
water,land
d)
none of the above 
4.
Which physical layer is the thinnest?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
5.
The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
erosion and deposition
c)
melting and cooling
6.
Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
True/False: Igneous rocks can only turn into metamorphic rocks.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
9.

Which of the following lists Earth's compositional layers starting with Earth's center and ending with the outermost layer.

a)

mantle, crust, core

b)

crust, mantle, core

c)

crust, core, mantle

d)

core, mantle, crust.

10.
What is molten or liquid rock material that is deep beneath the Earth's surface?
a)
grain
b)
lava
c)
magma
d)
rock
11.

The

a)

geosphere

b)

magnetosphere

c)

lithosphere

d)

hydrosphere

12.

What Are The Three Main Types Of Rocks?

a)

Igneous, Depository, Metamorphic

b)

Depository, Igneous, Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic, Igneous, Depository

d)

Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

13.

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

a)

Heating and cooling

b)

Deposition

c)

Heating and pressure

d)

Materials gathering and pressing together

14.

How are igneous rocks formed?

a)

Sediment forming together

b)

Heating and pressure

c)

Cooling

d)

Deposition

15.

Minerals and rocks are the same?

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What are rocks made of?

a)

Salt

b)

Minerals

c)

Other rocks

d)

Sand

17.

What are grains?

a)

The grains are the particles of minerals that give a rock its texture

b)

Lines

c)

Bumps, lines, and dots

d)

It's chemical composition

18.

The rocks cycle follows a specific order?

a)

True

b)

False

19.

No rock lasts forever

a)

True

b)

False

20.
When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
21.
When water, ice and wind move particles of rock and soil from one place to another
a)
sediment
b)
weathering
c)
erosion
22.

Water, wind, gravity, and ice are all part of this kind of weathering

a)

Chemical

b)

Physical

c)

Biological

23.
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
24.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
25.
How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—
a)
keeps the rocks in place
b)
makes the rocks last longer
c)
expands cracks and breaks rocks
d)
causes rocks to fall in landslides
26.

These rocks were broken apart from the continuous freeze/thaw of water in the cracks of the rocks. This is an example of:

a)

physical weathering

b)

chemical weathering

c)

biological weathering

d)

erosion

27.
A metal statue slowly turning green after years of being outside is an example of:
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
28.

who is the smartest in our group

a)

xixi

b)

xixi wang

c)

XIXI WHO'S THE BEST

d)

XIXI WHO ALWAYS HELP YOU GUYS STUDY