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1st Quarter Review Earth Science

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which mineral property is best illustrated by the following diagram?

a)

hardness

b)

streak

c)

cleavage

d)

density

2.

The reflection of light from the surface of a mineral is called __________.

a)

luster

b)

streak

c)

fracture

d)

color

3.

Describe the luster of the following mineral.

a)

glassy

b)

dull

c)

metallic

d)

nonmetallic

4.

Which factor determines the crystal shape of a mineral?

a)

arrangement of atoms

b)

presence of impurities

c)

reflection of light

5.

The picture below are examples of minerals that are found on Earth. There are 5 characteristics that all minerals have in common. Select all that apply.

a)

Solid

b)

Man man

c)

inorganic

d)

chemical composition

e)

created only in labs

6.

Which of the following properties of a mineral is unreliable and really isn't used to identify a mineral.

a)

Luster

b)

Hardness

c)

Streak

d)

Color

7.

Match the following mineral tests to their descriptions

a)

Streak

1.

Color of the mark left when a mineral is rubbed on a ceramic plate

b)

Mohs Test

2.

Tests a mineral's hardness on a scale of 1-10

c)

Luster

3.

Metallic, Glassy, Pearly, Dull

d)

Shape

4.

Cube, hexagonal, irregular, pyramidal

e)

Density

5.

Mass divided by volume

8.

Match the following

a)

when the mineral breaks and forms a jagged or uneven surface.

1.

Fracture

b)

when a mineral breaks or splits along a flat, smooth surface.

2.

Cleavage

c)

How a mineral breaks

3.

Breakage

9.
_____________________ means that the mineral was formed by nature, not by a human or machine
a)
Naturally Occurring
b)
Inorganic Processes
c)
Solid
d)
Crystal Shape
10.
What does inorganic mean?
a)
Something that is living
b)
Something that is dead, but was once living
c)
Something that was never living
11.
When a mineral breaks in an uneven, rough, or jagged way
a)
Luster
b)
Cleavage
c)
Hardness
d)
Fracture
12.
Rubbing a mineral on a streak plate determines the color of the mineral's _____________
a)
Surface
b)
Interior
c)
Powder
d)
Crystals
13.

What elements are in silicate minerals?

a)

water

b)

carbon and hydrogen

c)

organic and inorganic

d)

silicon and oxygen

14.

If the mineral's chemical formula is BaSO4 which mineral group is the mineral in?

a)

silicates

b)

carbonates

c)

halides

d)

sulfates

15.

The mineral's chemical formula consists of a metal combined with a halogen.

a)

silicates

b)

carbonates

c)

sulfides

d)

halides

16.

What elements are in sulfates?

a)

nonmetals

b)

metals

c)

sulfur and a metal

d)

SO4 and metal

17.

What elements are in oxides?

a)

only oxygen

b)

oxygen and a metal

c)

metals

d)

nonmetals

18.

If the mineral's chemical formula is CaCO3, what group is the mineral in?

a)

silicates

b)

carbonates

c)

sulfates

d)

oxides

19.

If the mineral's chemical formula is Al2O3 (Aluminum Oxide), what mineral group is the mineral in?

a)

oxides

b)

halides

c)

carbonates

d)

silicates

20.

If the mineral's chemical formula is CaF2, what mineral group is the mineral in? (hint: Fluorine is in group 17)

a)

halides

b)

oxides

c)

sulfates

d)

carbonates

21.

If the mineral's chemical formula is (Fe, Mg)2SiO4 what mineral group is it in?

a)

silicates

b)

oxides

c)

carbonates

d)

sulfates

22.

A mineral/metal made of only one element is known as a

a)

native.

b)

compound.

c)

silicate.

d)

halide.

23.
Which layer of the earth is shown to have convection currents?
a)
Mantle
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
24.
When an earthquake forms a tsunami, this is an example of ________ interacting
a)
geosphere and atmosphere
b)
hydrosphere and geosphere
c)
geosphere and biosphere
d)
all spheres
25.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
26.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
27.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
28.
Which crust is thicker
a)
ocean
b)
continental
c)
bread
d)
pizza
29.
What is the inner core composed of?
a)
Basalt
b)
Granite
c)
Solid Metals
d)
Molten (liquid) Metals
30.
Which layer of Earth is the thinnest? 
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
31.
If you traveled from the center of Earth to the surface, the pressure would...
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
d)
unsure
32.
This layer of the earth is made up of soft solid rock that flows in convection currents.
a)
crust
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
outer core
33.
This part of the Earth has the greatest temperature
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
34.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
35.
This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts. 
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
36.
Composed of all the water on or near the earth
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
37.
This sphere is composed of all the living things 
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
38.
Body of air surrounding our planet. 
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
39.
When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres? 
a)
Geosphere 
b)
Hydrosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Biosphere 
40.
Wind is part of what sphere of Earth?
a)
Windosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Airosphere
41.
This is part of the....
a)
Geosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Cryosphere
42.
This is part of the....
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Cryosphere
43.
What sphere does the ozone layer belong too?
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Cryosphere
c)
Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
44.
What sphere does the earths core belong too?
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Geosphere
d)
Atmosphere
45.
Which layer of the earth creates the magnetosphere?
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
crust
46.
Which layer of the mantle is is the thickest?
a)
mesosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
thermosphere
47.

What type of rock will this become?

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

48.

Which process will turn these sediments into a rock?

a)

heat

b)

pressure

c)

compaction

d)

melting

49.
Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?
a)
Igneous
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Extrusive
50.
Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Organic
d)
Metamorphic
51.
Which type of igneous rock forms above ground?
a)
Intrusive
b)
Organic
c)
Extrusive
d)
Foliated
52.
Lava which cools on Earth's surface forms an
a)
metamorphic rock
b)
intrusive igneous rock
c)
extrusive igneous rock
d)
foliated metamorphic rock
53.
A naturally occurring solid mixture of minerals and organic matter is a
a)
mineral
b)
rock
c)
composition
d)
pebble
54.
This rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled to the bottom of a valley millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
55.
This rock started as lava that cooled and then was heated and put under pressure over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentar
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
56.
This rock was formed by lots of fossils that settled on top of each other over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
57.
What is molten or liquid rock material that is deep beneath the Earth's surface?
a)
grain
b)
lava
c)
magma
d)
rock
58.
A metamorphic rock can become ______.
a)
igneous
b)
metamorphic
c)
sedimentary
d)
all of these
59.

What is the rock cycle?

a)

molten rock that is stored underground.

b)

rock material that forms where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.

c)

a process that changes one type of rock into another type of rock.

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