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Q3 QSE Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 2hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which three things are part of the hydrosphere? (Choose 3)

a)

lakes

b)

trees

c)

streams

d)

ponds

e)

mountains

2.

Which three things are part of the geosphere? (Choose 3)

a)

people

b)

hills

c)

plateaus

d)

rocks

e)

plants

3.

Which three things are part of the atmosphere? (Choose 3)

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

rivers

d)

oceans

e)

nitrogen

4.

Which three things are part of the biosphere? (Choose 3)

a)

nitrogen

b)

oxygen

c)

plants

d)

insects

e)

fish

5.

Wind blowing the trees and spreading seeds is an example of which two spheres interacting?

a)

biosphere and geosphere

b)

atmosphere and geosphere

c)

atmosphere and biosphere

d)

hydrosphere and geosphere

6.

Moving water in a river that causes erosion in a valley is an example of which two spheres interacting?

a)

hydrosphere and atmosphere

b)

hydrosphere and geosphere

c)

geosphere and biosphere

d)

geosphere and atmosphere

7.

When wind blows sand across the desert, it is an example of which two spheres interacting?

a)

biosphere and hydrosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

d)

atmosphere and geosphere

8.

An elephant spraying itself with water to keep cool is an example of which two spheres interacting?

a)

biosphere and hydrosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

hydrosphere and geosphere

d)

biosphere and atmosphere

9.

Clouds floating in the sky are an example of which two spheres interacting?

a)

hydrosphere and biosphere

b)

geosphere and atmosphere

c)

hydrosphere and atmosphere

d)

biosphere and geosphere

10.

Plants growing in the soil is an example of which two spheres interacting?

a)

biosphere and atmosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

biosphere and hydrosphere

d)

geosphere and hydrosphere

11.
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 

12.

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

e)

Cryosphere

13.

Bio =

a)

Earth

b)

Freezing

c)

Life

d)

Water

e)

Air

14.

Body of air surrounding our planet.

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Geosphere

e)

Cryosphere

15.

This sphere is composed of all the living things

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Geosphere

e)

Cryosphere

16.

If an object is less dense than the liquid it is in, will it sink or float?

a)

Sink

b)

Float

17.

Based on what we know about density, would we find more dense layers in the center of the Earth or less dense layers in the center of the Earth?

a)

More dense in the center

b)

Less dense in the center

18.

What are the two types of crust?

a)

Oceanic

b)

Thick

c)

Continental

d)

Tectonic Plate

19.

What is denser? The lithosphere or the asthenosphere?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

20.

Put the layers of the Earth in order from the outermost layer to the innermost

4 lines
21.

True or False. The mantle is hotter than the crust.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True or False. The Earth's crust is thicker than the inner layers.

a)

True

b)

False

23.
What layer of the mantle is flexible like plastic?
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
lower mantle
24.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
b)
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
25.
How does temperature change as you move from the crust to the core?
a)
it gets cooler
b)
it gets hotter
c)
it stays the same
d)
the core is frozen
26.
What layer is shown by letter A?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
27.

We live on the ___.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

28.

The crust is made of ___.

a)

Metal

b)

Liquid Rock

c)

Solid Rock

d)

Inner Core

29.

The crust is ___.

a)

One smooth shell

b)

Divided into 12 plates

30.
What layer is shown by letter B?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
31.

This layer is made of hot liquid rocks (magma).

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

32.

The mantle is made of ___.

a)

Metal

b)

Liquid Rock

c)

Solid Rock

33.

How have scientists learned about the mantle?

a)

By drilling down to observe it directly

b)

By taking special vehicles to visit the mantle

c)

By observing pieces of the mantle that rose to Earth's surface

34.
What layer is shown by letter C?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
35.
What layer is shown by letter D?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
36.

This layer is made of extremely hot metal

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

37.

The core is made of ___.

a)

Solid Rock

b)

Liquid Rock

c)

Metal

38.

Earth has a magnetic field because of the liquid metal in the ____.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

39.

The Inner Core is the same temperature as ___.

a)

Neptune

b)

The Crust

c)

The Sun

40.

How have scientists learned about the core?

a)

By drilling down to observe it directly

b)

By making inferences

c)

By observing pieces of the core that rose to Earth's surface

41.

Organize the Layers from the Surface to the Deepest.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

1)
2)
3)
4)
42.

Match the layer to its composition.

a)

Crust

1.

Solid Rock

b)

Mantle

2.

Liquid Rock

c)

Outer Core

3.

Liquid Metal

d)

Inner Core

4.

Solid Metal

43.

Match the layer to a handy fact.

a)

Crust

1.

The layer we live on

b)

Mantle

2.

Visible during volcanoes

c)

Outer Core

3.

Creates Earth's magnetic field

d)

Inner Core

4.

The same temperature as the Sun

44.
What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals and other materials into sedimentary rocks?
a)
Compacting and Cementing
b)
Cooling
c)
Heat and Pressure
d)
Melting
45.
What characteristic is common in metamorphic rocks?
a)
Fossils
b)
Foliations or layers
c)
Gas Bubbles
d)
Glassy Surface
46.
What geologic process can change granite (igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?
a)
Compacting and cementing
b)
Cooling 
c)
Heat and pressure
d)
Melting
47.

What type of rock is formed from slow cooling magma UNDER the earth's surface?

a)

Extrusive Igneous

b)

Intrusive Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Sediment

48.

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sediment into shale (sedimentary rock), shale into slate (metamorphic), and slate into magma

a)

Cooling; Melting; Heat and Pressure

b)

Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; melting

c)

Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

d)

Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; cooling

49.
What type of rock is formed from slow cooling magma under the earth's surface?
a)
Extrusive Igneous
b)
Intrusive Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Sediment
50.

Which characteristic is found only in sedimentary rocks?

a)

Fossils

b)

Crystals

c)

Gas Bubbles

d)

Glassy Surface

51.

The Mount Rushmore National Monument is carved from the granite (formed from magma underground) of South Dakota's Black Hills. What type of rock is granite?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

None of the above

52.

The seated sculpture of President Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial was carved out of white Georgia marble (formed from Earth's pressure and heat). What type of is marble?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

None of the above

53.

Which characteristic is common to EXTRUSIVE igneous rocks?

a)

Crystals

b)

Fossils

c)

Glassy surface

d)

Ribbonlike layers

54.

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform magma into granite (igneous rock), granite into sand (sediment), and sand into sandstone (sedimentary rock).

a)

Cooling; weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing

b)

Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

c)

Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing;

d)

Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; heat and pressure

55.
Which type of rock is made by small bits of rock, mud, or sand compacted and cemented together?
a)
Coal
b)
igneous
c)
metamorphic
d)
sedimentary
56.

Which type of rock is made from magma cooling inside Earth?

a)

EXTRUSIVE igneous

b)

INTRUSIVE igneous

c)

metamorphic

d)

sedimentary

57.
Which type of rock is heated and pressurised but does NOT melt?
a)
igneous
b)
hard rock
c)
metamorphic
d)
sedimentary
58.

Which type of rock is made from lava cooling on the surface of Earth?

a)

EXTRUSIVE Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

INTRUSIVE Igneous

59.
Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
60.
What layer is 2?
a)
Crust 
b)
Mantel
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core

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