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Mid Term Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define Hypothesis

a)

testable statement

b)

research

c)

question

2.

What is the most important line of latitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

3.

Isotopes have SAME protons and DIFFERENT____________

a)

Electrons

b)

Neutrons

4.

What is the name of the theory that states the universe was created from a singularity?

a)

Nebular Theory

b)

Big Bang Theory

c)

The Giant Impact Theory

d)

Theory of Evolution

5.

What is the theory that describes how the solar system was created?

a)

Nebular Theory

b)

The Big Bang Theory

c)

The Giant impact Theory

d)

Theory of Evolution

6.

What happened immediately after the Big Bang?

a)

Inflation

b)

the sun was formed

c)

Cooling off of the universe

d)

solar system formed

7.

Thermonuclear Fusion creates energy (heat and light) inside of ________.

a)

the core of stars

b)

the sun

c)

the universe

d)

the solar system

8.

Gravity is the force that keeps the planets in their orbital path.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

How are Earth's seasons created?

a)

the moon

b)

mass of earth

c)

distance from the sun

d)

Tilt on the axis

10.

Which plate is more dense?

a)

oceanic

b)

continental

11.

Which layer of the Earth is compose of solid iron?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

12.

Which of Earth's layer(s) are liquid?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

13.

What is the importance of the outer core?

a)

Gravity is created here

b)

convection cycles here

c)

the earth's magnetic field is created here

d)

Nuclear fusion is created here

14.

Why cycle occurs in the mantle?

a)

convection cycle

b)

carbon cycle

c)

rock cycle

d)

gravity cycle

15.

What are 3 pieces of evidence that Wegener had for his Continental Drift Theory?

a)

Glacial deposits

b)

fossil evidence

c)

jigsaw fit

d)

rainfall

16.

What type of rock are continental tectonic plates made out of?

a)

Basalt

b)

Granite

c)

Limestone

d)

Obsidian

17.

What type of rock are oceanic tectonic plates made out of?

a)

Basalt

b)

Granite

c)

Limestone

d)

Obsidian

18.

What tectonic boundary creates a new crust?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

19.

What tectonic boundaries destroy the crust?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

20.

What boundaries do Earthquakes occur at?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

21.

What is the main driver of tectonic plate movement?

a)

Carbon cycle

b)

Rock Cycle

c)

Convection Cycle

d)

Gravity

22.

Which is NOT a physical characteristic of minerals use to identify it?

a)

Color

b)

Streak

c)

Hardness

d)

its gravity

23.

Igneous rocks are made by the cooling of?

a)

magma

b)

rocks

c)

rain

d)

soil

24.

Sedimentary rocks are made through COMPACTION & ________.

a)
Cementation
b)

heating

c)

cooling

d)

crystallization

25.

Metamorphic rock are created by ________ & ________.

a)

Fire, rain

b)

hot, cold

c)

Heat, Pressure

d)

Gravity, pressure

26.

What is the least reliable way to identify a mineral?

a)

Color

b)

Streak

c)

Hardness

d)

luster

27.

What is the most important line of longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

28.

Who developed the Laws of Planetary Motion

a)

Kepler

b)

Mendeleev

c)

Eisnstein

d)

Newton

29.

Who created the modern day Periodic Table

a)

Kepler

b)

Mendeleev

c)

Einstein

d)

Newton

30.

Who had the theory of seafloor spreading?

a)

Kepler

b)

Hess

c)

Wegener

d)

Newton

31.

Who developed the Laws of Motion

a)

Mendeleev

b)

Kepler

c)

Newton

d)

Wegener

32.

What is the primary cause of ocean tides?

a)

Wind and atmospheric pressure

b)

The rotation of the Earth

c)

The gravitational pull of the moon and the sun

d)

Plate tectonics