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Earth Science Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What step does every scientific experiment begin with?
a)
hypothesis
b)
question/problem
c)
procedures
d)
conclusion
2.
Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):
a)
answer
b)
experiment
c)
problem
d)
safety check
3.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 
a)
scientific method
b)
recipe
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
4.
Another word for prediction or educated guess is: ________________
a)
hypothesis
b)
conclusion
c)
experiment
d)
data
5.
This layer is directly below the crust.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
6.
This layer is directly below the mantle.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
7.
This layer is the innermost layer of the Earth.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
8.
This layer is the thinnest layer and is made of solid rock.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
9.
This layer is a solid ball of metal.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
10.
This layer includes all dry land and the Ocean floor.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
11.
This layer surrounds the inner core.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
12.
This layer is the hottest layer of the Earth.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
13.
Which layer of the Earth is shown in BROWN?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
14.
Which layer of the Earth is shown in YELLOW?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
15.
Which layer of the Earth is shown in ORANGE?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
16.
Which layer of the Earth is shown in RED?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
17.

What was pangea?

a)

a supercontinent

b)

one continent

c)

a country

18.
What was Pangea?
a)
An ancient Mountain Range that divided Africa
b)
A large valley where civilization began.
c)
A supercontinent where all Earth's land masses were joined.
d)
A large meteor that hit Earth and destroyed all of the dinosaurs
19.
What is represented by the picture? 
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Pangea
c)
How the continents are arranged today
d)
Volcanoes
20.
How long ago is Pangea believed to have existed?
a)
200-300 million years ago
b)
1000-2000 years ago
c)
10,000-20,000 years ago
d)
20-30 billion years ago
21.
The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Which continent do you live on?
a)
South America
b)
Africa
c)
North America
23.
Mountains form from....
a)
Plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
d)
none of these
24.

Tectonic plates:

a)

can move towards each other

b)

can move away from each other

c)

can slide past each other

d)

All of the above

25.

What does the Richter scale measure?

a)

the strength of earthquakes

b)

the amount of magma released

c)

the time plates will move

d)

all of the above

26.

Which of the following states a fact?

a)

Earthquakes aren't dangerous.

b)

Earthquakes are easy to predict.

c)

Volcanoes are less damaging than earthquakes.

d)

The Earth is constantly changing.

27.

What is magma?

a)

giant pieces of rock and soil that make up the surface of the Earth

b)

cracks in the surface of the earth

c)

melted, liquid rock beneath Earth's crust

d)

enormous ocean waves

28.

Which word means cracks in the surface of the Earth usually around the edges of plates.

a)

plates

b)

faults

c)

mudslides

d)

earthquakes

29.

A ______________is usually caused by a movement along a fault

a)

Earthquake

b)

Volcano

30.

A _______________ is an opening in Earth’s crust

a)

Earthquake

b)

Volcano

31.

__________________ occur when two plates meet and one sinks below the other forming a hill.

a)

Earthquake

b)

Volcano

32.

Earthquakes and Volcanoes both occur at faults

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Earthquakes and Volcanoes can change the surface of the Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

What does erosion do?

a)

picks up and moves sediment and rocks

b)

changes rocks chemically

c)

breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

d)

makes new rocks

35.

Which of these forms as a result of weathering?

a)

magma

b)

humus

c)

mountains

d)

soil

36.

What process causes rocks to break down into smaller pieces?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

landform

d)

deposition

37.

A series of processes in which rock changes from one type to another.

a)

Rock Cycle

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Sedimentary Rock

d)

Igneous Rock

38.

Choose the right type of rock: This rock has large crystals arranged in a random pattern

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

39.

Choose the right type of rock: Weathering and erosion are apart of its formation.

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

40.

Choose the right type of rock: The neck of a volcano is most like made of his type of rock.

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

41.

Choose the right type of rock: This rock was formed by  smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago.

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

42.

Choose the right type of rock: These rocks are formed by melting and cooling.

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

43.

Choose the right type of rock: This rock is created by heat and pressure softening and changing rock.

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Metamorphic Rock

c)

Igneous Rock

44.

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

a)

Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic

b)

Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation

c)

Magma, Lava, Crystals

d)

Air, Water, Earth, Fire

45.

What type of rocks contain fossils?

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

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