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WorksheetsQ1 ELS Pre-Summative Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The only planet in the solar system known to harbor life.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
What is the leading explanation of how the universe began?
Big Bang Theory
Solar Nebula Theory
Which statement does not describe planet Earth?
It has 70% water
It is rocky, terrestrial planet
It has solid and active surface
It has atmosphere made of nitrogen alone
Which of the following spheres interact when bacteria and algae convert nitrogen from the air into a form that is usable by plants and animals?
Atmosphere and Geosphere
Geosphere and Biosphere
Biosphere and Atmosphere
Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
What is the most obvious property of a mineral but not a reliable property in identifying minerals?
Luster
Hardness
Color
What type of rock is made from the cementing and compacting of sediments?
Igneous rock
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
The atmosphere of the Earth is composed of ___ nitrogen and _____ oxygen and other gases.
0% and 100%
21% and 78%
78% and 21%
50% and 50%
Which term describes the thin layer of solid rock that makes up the outermost part of the Earth?
Core
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Crust
Ozone plays an important function in every single organism on Earth. To what sphere does ozone layer belong?
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
Which of the following describes the correct transformation order of metamorphic rock from sedimentary rock?
the parent rock must be in water
the parent rock must have babies
the parent rock must be uplifted to the surface
the parent rock must be buried deeper into the earth
Metamorphic rock turns into Sedimentary rock through which process?
Heat & Pressure
Weathering & Erosion and then Compaction & Cementation
Cooling & Crystallizing
Compaction & Cementation
Which refers to a process that breaks down rock at the Earth's surface through disintegration of rocks into small particles?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Mass wasting
How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?
The freezing water keeps the rocks in place
The freezing water makes the rocks last longer
The freezing water expands, cracks, and breaks rocks
The freezing water causes rocks to fall in landslides
Weak organic acids are produced by the action of the growing root of lichens. These acids react with some minerals in rocks resulting in the decomposition of rocks. How will you classify this process?
Physical weathering
Chemical weathering
Biological weathering through physical means
Biological weathering through a chemical compound
Metamorphic rocks are transformed pre-existing rocks when they are involved in tectonic processes. What conditions lead to this transformation?
Lower pressures and lower temperatures
Lower pressures and higher temperatures
Higher pressures and lower temperatures
Higher pressures and higher temperatures
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
Energy from the Sun
Mantle convection
Magnetic pole reversal
Radiation
What type of igneous rocks formed when molten rock solidifies at the surface?
(a)
What type of igneous rocks formed when molten rock solidifies beneath the crust?
(a)
Which type of rock is most likely to be formed from a lava flow of a volcano?
(a)
Which type of rock is most likely to be formed from sediments or fragments or rock?
(a)
Which type of rock is most likely to be formed from pre-existing rocks such as igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock?
(a)
What happens at a divergent plate boundary?
tectonic plates move away to each other
tectonic plates move toward to each other
tectonic plates slide to each other
What happens at a convergent plate boundary?
tectonic plates move away to each other
tectonic plates move toward to each other
tectonic plates slide to each other
what happens at a transform plate boundary?
tectonic plates move away to each other
tectonic plates move toward to each other
tectonic plates slide to each other
What type of event would likely to occur along a transform boundary?
(a)
What is the name of the ancient supercontinent (massive landform) formed 28 million years ago?
(a)
Who is the German meteorologist who introduced the Continental Drift Theory?
Alfred Wegener
William Smith
Joshua Lenoirz Dehesa
Nicolas Steno
Giovanni Arduino
This is a process that leads to changes in the mineralogy, texture (for example, grain size), and sometimes chemical composition of rocks.
(a)
Lithosphere is made up of what inorganic solid aggregate?
(a)
Where are the oldest rocks found in an undisturbed rock profile?
At the top
On the bottom
In the middle
Anywhere
Where are the youngest rocks found in an undisturbed rock profile?
At the top
On the bottom
In the middle
Anywhere
Dating or carbon dating is a scientific method that can accurately determine the age of organic materials as old as approximately 60,000 years. How does this method help to study the history of the rock system?
determine the age of fossils
determine the amount of fossils
determine the sample of fossils
determine the particles in fossil
What do you call the remains or evidence used as markers when building up the geologic time scale?
fossil
minerals
piles of rock
sandstone
The shortest division on the Geologic Time Scale.
(a)
The longest division on the Geologic Time Scale.
(a)
Division of Geologic Time Scale where formation of Earth's environment happened.
Hadean
Archean
Proterozoic
Division of Geologic Time Scale where the first visible organisms risen (bacteria, algae, jellyfish, etc)
Hadean
Archean
Proterozoic
Division of Geologic Time Scale where first invertebrates risen.
Cambrian
Ordovician
Devonian
Pennsylvanian
Permian
Division of Geologic Time Scale where first bony fish risen.
Cambrian
Ordovician
Devonian
Pennsylvanian
Permian
Division of Geologic Time Scale where first cartilagenous fish risen.
Cambrian
Ordovician
Devonian
Pennsylvanian
Permian
Division of Geologic Time Scale where first insects risen.
Pennsylvanian
Permian
Triassic
Jurassic
Division of Geologic Time Scale where first reptiles risen.
Pennsylvanian
Permian
Triassic
Jurassic
Division of Geologic Time Scale where first birds risen.
Pennsylvanian
Permian
Triassic
Jurassic
Division of Geologic Time Scale where first dinosaurs risen.
Pennsylvanian
Permian
Triassic
Jurassic
It is a chemical reaction wherein rock forming minerals react with water and form different kinds of clay minerals.
Oxidation
Hydrolysis
Weathering
Erosion
This is the response of oxygen with minerals.
Oxidation
Hydrolysis
Weathering
Erosion
The study of rocks - igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary - and the processes that form and transform them.
Petrology
Mineralogy
Geology
Paleontology
The study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of the mineral constituents of rocks.
Petrology
Mineralogy
Geology
Paleontology
Formation of igneous rocks due to hardening of magma.
Crystallization
Metamorphism
Cementation
Compaction
These are composed of ejected fragments during volcanic eruption.
Pyroclastic
Aphanitic
Phaneritic
Organic
