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Earth Science Quiz #3

Total questions: 115

Worksheet time: 7hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
2.
What is the MAIN way rocks are classified?
a)
Their color and shapes
b)
How they form
c)
Mineral bands
d)
Where they form
3.

When a mineral breaks on a jagged or curved line, this is

a)

fracture

b)

luster

c)

cleavage

4.

Gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time is what?

a)

The continental float trip

b)

Drift away

c)

Continental drift

5.

What is the name of the "supercontinent" proposed by Alfred Wegener?

a)

Eurasia

b)

Super America

c)

Pangaea

6.

Type of boundary where the 2 plates move apart.

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

7.

The way light reflects off of a mineral is its _________.

a)

streak

b)

fracture

c)

luster

d)

cleavage

8.
Which mineral property is being shown here?
a)
luster
b)
hardness
c)
cleavage
d)
streak
9.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?
a)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
b)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
c)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
d)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
10.

The lower part of the upper mantle

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Stratosphere

11.
A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called?
a)
streak
b)
luster
c)
hardness
d)
heft
12.

The part of the Earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle is the

a)

lithosphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

asthenosphere

d)

outer core

13.

Why is the inner core solid?

a)

it's unknown

b)

due to what it's made of

c)

the pressure from the rest of the layers

d)

it is colder than the outer core

14.

What are the two types of crust?

a)

continental and oceanic

b)

ocean and upper

c)

lower and upper

d)

pizza and bread

15.
This palm tree fossil was found in Alaska. What can you conclude?
a)
Alaska used to be under water
b)
Alaska once had a much warmer climate
c)
Alaska was once an island
d)
This fossil washed up on the Alaskan shore
16.

Which type of rock can contain fossils?

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Stereosonic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Igneous

17.

What type of fossil is pictured here?

a)

Mold fossil

b)

Trace fossil

c)

Cast fossil

d)

Body fossil (preserved organism)

18.

What type of fossil is pictured here?

a)

Mold fossil

b)

Trace fossil

c)

Cast fossil

d)

Body fossil

19.

What type of fossil is pictured here?

a)

Forest fossil

b)

Trace fossil

c)

Cast fossil

d)

Body fossil

20.

What type of fossil is pictured here?

a)

Mold fossil

b)

Trace fossil

c)

Cast fossil

d)

Body fossil

21.

Weathering is the process of

a)

moving sediment from one place to another

b)

dropping or leaving sediment in a location

c)

breaking down rocks into sediment

22.
What is likely to cause cracks on the sidewalk?
a)
Repeated freezing and thawing of water
b)
Tree roots or plant roots growing bigger
c)

Both answers

d)

Neither answer

23.

These gravestones have slowly broken down and turned a blackish color due to:

a)

chemical weathering

b)
mechanical weathering
24.

The dropping off of sediments in a new place.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Volcano

25.

The place where two plates come together is known as a _______

a)

transform boundary.

b)

divergent boundary.

c)

convergent boundary.

d)

rift valley.

26.
This type of plate boundary is when two plates move apart.
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Divergent
d)
Subductive
27.
This is when two plates converge but one slides under the other due to density.
a)
Uplift
b)
Subduction
c)
Trench
d)
None of the above
28.
This scientist built most of the evidence for continental drift.
a)
Alfred Wegener
b)
Sean Carroll
c)
Fred Calfred
d)
John Williams
29.
Which of these is a key piece of evidence of contiental drift?
a)
Continent shapes
b)
Fossil record
c)
Rock layers
d)
All of the above
30.

A force caused the continents to drift apart over time. Once scientists figured out what that force was, the theory of plate tectonics was born! The image above shows what Geologists think the Earth looked like millions of years ago. What name was given to this land mass.

a)

Plate Tectonics

b)

Oceana

c)

Pangea

d)

North America

31.

This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.

a)

mantle convection currents

b)

oceanic convection currents

c)

atmospheric convection currents

d)

solar convection currents

32.

All living things are made of...

a)

cells

b)

organelles

c)

skin

33.

Which of the following is made of cells?

a)

a rock

b)

a snowflake

c)

a raindrop

d)

a leaf

34.

Cells are the building blocks of:

a)

living things

b)

matter

c)

energy

d)

rocks

35.

The simplest structures that can carry out all of the activities characteristic of life are?

a)

atoms

b)

cells

c)

molecules

d)

crystals

36.

Which of the following is not an organism?

a)

water

b)

dog

c)

tree

37.

Which of the following is unicellular?

a)
b)
c)
38.
What tool do you use to view the cells?
a)
metric ruler
b)
centrifuge
c)
microscope
d)
telescope
39.
All cells come from___________ cells.
a)

bacterial

b)
pre-existing
c)
paternal
d)
pin size
40.
what is a cell classified as?
a)
a basic unit of structure and function of all living organisms
b)
a unit based on only plants and animals that are living
41.
Who looked at cork and named the cell?
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Van Leeuwenhoek
c)
Robert Brown
d)
Francesco Redi
42.
Cells are often called "the ____ of life."
a)
bread
b)
road map
c)
building blocks
d)
meaning
43.
Which of the following scientists was the first to observe bacteria?
a)
Anton van Leuwenhoek
b)
Matthais Schleiden
c)
Robert Hooke
d)
Theodor Schwann
44.

Bacteria is an example of a(n)

a)

prokaryotic cell.

b)

eukaryotic cell.

45.

Plants and animal cells are examples of ___ cells

a)

prokaryotic cells

b)

eukaryotic cells

c)

both eukaryotic and prokaryotic

d)

neither

46.

Cells from different parts of an organism have varying structures and ________________.

a)

Functions

b)

Lives

c)

Many Cells

d)

Parts

47.

Organisms can be either unicellular or ___________________.

a)

Life

b)

Not Living

c)

Cells

d)

Multicellular

48.

Which of the following is something that an organism needs to survive?

a)

Food

b)

Water

c)

Environment

d)

All of the Above

49.

How many hands should you use when carrying a microscope?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

None

d)

Levitate it with your mind:)

50.

Any living thing...

a)

Cell

b)

Unicellular

c)

Multicellular

d)

Organism

51.
What is number 1?
This organelle is the control center of the cell.
a)
Ribosome
b)
Organelle
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Nucleus
52.
This organelle provides storage for water and other nutrients.
a)
Vacuole
b)
Cell Wall
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Nucleus
53.

A student is creating a 3D plant cell model using a cookie cake. There is an error in the student’s model. Which of the following revisions would BEST fix the representation of the model?

a)

The student should remove the box for the cookie cake because a plant cell does not have a cell wall.

b)

The student should use 2 peppermints since there are more than one nucleus in a plant cell.

c)

The student should only use green gummy bears to represent the chloroplast.

d)

The student should switch the ingredients for the cytoplasm and the chloroplast.

54.

Students in a fifth-grade classroom observed samples from a sunflower and a frog under a microscope. Which of the following is most likely the same? 

a)

The presence of a cell membrane because both a sunflower and frog have a cell membrane.

b)

The shape of the cell because both a sunflower and frog have a rigid structure due to a cell membrane.

c)

The shape of the cell because both a sunflower and frog have a rigid structure due to a cell wall.

55.

This image is of

a)

animal cells.

b)

plant cells.

56.

What do scientists call the parts of a cell?

a)

pieces

b)

organelles

c)

sections

d)

none of the above

57.

The DNA of a cell is found in the ________________.

a)

mitochondria

b)

nucleus

c)

lysosome

d)

vacuole

58.

What organelle is called the "powerhouse" of a cell because it breaks down food and converts it to energy.

a)

Endoplasmic Reticulum

b)

Nucleus

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Nucleolus

59.
I make proteins for the cell. What am I?
a)
ribosome
b)
mitochondria
c)
chloroplast
d)
lysosome
60.

What kind of cell is this?

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Prokaryote

d)

Nucleus

61.

What kind of cell is this?

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Nucleus

d)

Prokaryote

62.
Complex cell. Can be plant or animal. Contains membrane bound organelles. 
a)
Eukaryotic Cell
b)
Prokaryotic Cell
c)
Bacteria
d)
Blood cell
63.

Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform magma into granite, granite into sand, and sand into sandstone.

a)

Cooling; weathering and erosion, compacting and cementing

b)

Melting; heat and pressure; cooling

c)

Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; cooling

d)

Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; heating and pressure

64.

What geologic process changes pieces of rocks, minerals, and other material into sedimentary rock?

a)

Compacting and cementing

b)

Cooling

c)

Heat and pressure

d)

melting

65.

What geologic process can change granite (igneous rock) into gneiss (metamorphic rock)?

a)

Compacting and cementing

b)

Cooling

c)

Heat and pressure

d)

Melting

66.

True or False: Geological processes, such as weathering, erosion, heat and pressure, can only destroy rock not create it.

a)

True

b)

False

67.

Which processes change rock INSIDE the earth?

a)

heat and pressure

b)

weathering, erosion, deposition

c)

heating and weathering

68.

The series of processes in which rock forms, changes from one type to another is broken down or melted, and forms again by geologic processes.

a)

Motorcycle

b)

Water Cycle

c)

Rock Cycle

69.

A substance that cannot be seperated or broken down into simpilier substances by chemical means.

a)

Element

b)

Compound

c)

Rock

70.

Look at the diagram. What processes can be used to complete the diagram of the rock cycle?

a)

1 = cooling, 2 = weathering and erosion, 3 = pressure

b)

1 = weathering and erosion, 2 = pressure, 3 = cooling

c)

1 = weathering and erosion, 2 = cooling, 3 = pressure

d)

1 = weathering and erosion, 2 = weathering and erosion, 3 = weathering and erosion

71.
Something that takes up space and has mass.
a)
volume
b)
matter
c)
mass
d)
density
72.
The amount of space something takes up
a)
density
b)
volume
c)
mass
d)
matter
73.
__________ are the building blocks of life.
a)
solids
b)
gases
c)
atoms
d)
nutrients
74.
What are the three states of matter?
a)
solid, volume, mass
b)
density, volume, mass
c)
solid, liquid, gas
d)
density, gas, volume
75.
The ability to move, work or cause a change in matter is...
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
energy
d)
density
76.

The image shows a lake.


Why is the lake considered matter?

a)

It is large

b)

It is living

c)

It has mass and volume

d)

It has physical properties

77.

Sammy poured oil and water into a glass and mixed the liquids. He let the liquids sit in the glass for 8 hours and the 2 liquids separated as shown in the picture.


What happened to the 2 liquids?

a)

The oil is more dense than water, and it dissolved in the water

b)

The oil is less dense than water, and it dissolved in the water

c)

The oil is more dense than water and cannot dissolve in water

d)

The oil is less dense than water and cannot dissolve in water

78.

Which term means the ability to cause change in matter?

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

energy

c)

potential energy

d)

electrical energy

79.

This is the energy of motion

a)

an apple on a tree

b)

chemical energy

c)

kinetic energy

d)

potential energy

80.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

a)

True

b)

False

81.

An example of potential energy is _____

a)

walking

b)

playing violin

c)

a moving car

d)

an apple on a tree

82.

In lightning energy changes from _____ energy into _____ energy and _____​energy ​ ​

a)

electric energy into light energy and thermal energy

b)

chemical energy into light energy and thermal energy

c)

sound energy into electric and thermal energy

83.

Energy from the sun or another light source is

a)

radiant energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

sound energy

d)

chemical energy

84.

Energy that is used or stored in moving parts is

a)

thermal energy

b)

mechanical energy

c)

electrical energy

d)

radiant energy

85.

Substances that allow heat to flow easily are called

a)

protectors

b)

insulators

c)

conductors

d)

convectors

86.

What 3 things are required to do work?

a)

object, force, and motion

b)

energy, motion, and force

c)

force, object, and energy

d)

motion, object, and energy

87.

Energy of vibrations in matter is

a)

chemical energy

b)

heat energy

c)

sound energy

d)

light energy

88.

A state of equality or balance between two things is

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

equilibrium

89.

Energy changing from one type of energy to another type of energy is

a)

energy transfer

b)

energy transformation

c)

absorption

d)

transmission

90.

Energy moving from one object to another object is

a)

energy transfer

b)

electrical transfer

c)

energy transformation

d)

absorption

91.

Which type of pathogen is responsible for causing the flu, chicken pox, and yellow fever?

a)

viruses

b)

parasites

c)

fungi

d)

bacteria

92.

Which pathogen is treated with antibiotics?

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

parasite

d)

fungi

93.
One way to prevent the spreading of disease is:
a)
to cough without covering your mouth.
b)
to wash your hands often.
c)
to rub your eyes and nose when sick.
94.

Sabrina has the flu. Her neighbor suggests she get a prescription for an antibiotic, but Sabrina's mothers says that antibiotics would not help in this situation. Why?

a)

the flu is caused by a virus, and it cannot be treated with an antibiotic.

b)

the flu is caused by a fungus, and it must be treated with antifungal medication

c)

the flu is caused by a parasitic worm, and must be treated with an anti-parasitic medication

d)

the flu is caused by a bacterium, and it cannot be treated with an antibiotic.

95.

Disease-causing microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.

a)

pathogen

b)

allergen

c)

prion

d)

antigen

96.

Organisms such as yeasts, molds, and mushrooms that grow best in warm, dark, moist areas.

a)

Fungi

b)

Pathogens

c)

Virus

d)

Protozoans

97.

Simple, single-celled microorganisms

a)

Pathogens

b)

Bacteria

c)

Virus

d)

Fungi

98.

Which mineral has the highest hardness on the Mohs scale?

a)

talc

b)

diamond

c)

quartz

d)

calcite

99.

Which mineral has the lowest hardness on the Mohs scale?

a)

talc

b)

gypsum

c)

diamond

d)

quartz

100.
Can a penny scratch fluorite?
a)
Yes 
b)
No 
101.
Hardness, color, and luster are examples of a mineral's ___________.
a)
price
b)
weight
c)
property
d)
name
102.

1. Which substance makes up most of the Earth’s crust?

a)

sandstone

b)

humus

c)

rock

d)

saltwater

103.
A mineral that registers a "1" on the Mohs scale would be very...
a)
hard.
b)
soft.
104.
What term refers to the regular, geometric shapes that occur in many minerals?
a)
fracture
b)
crystal
c)
composition
d)
none of the above
105.
What scale is used to test the hardness of a mineral? 
a)
Mineral Hardness Scale
b)
Moh's Hardness Scale
c)
Hom's Hardness Scale
d)
Shom Hardness Scale
106.
Which of the following is the best description of a mineral?
a)
pure, solid, man-made, non-living
b)
mixture, solid, non-crystalline, natural
c)
pure, solid, crystalline, non-living, natural
d)
pure, liquid, inorganic, natural
107.

How are rocks and minerals different?

a)

Rocks and minerals are the same.

b)

Rocks are made from many different minerals; minerals are made of one specific compound

c)

Rocks are made from different minerals and minerals are made of different rocks

d)

Rocks are made of specific compounds; minerals aren't

108.

Which domain does Eubacteria belong to?

a)

Eukarya

b)

Bacteria

c)

Archaea

109.

Which domain does Archaebacteria belong to?

a)

Eukarya

b)

Bacteria

c)

Archaea

110.
I am unicellular
I am prokaryotic
I am found in extreme ecosystems
What kingdom do I belong to?
a)
The Candy Kingdom
b)
Kingdom Plantae
c)
Kingdom Animalia
d)
Kingdom Archaebacteria
111.
Which Kingdom is referring to "old" bacteria?
a)
Eubacteria
b)
Archeabacteria
c)
Fungi
d)
Plantae
112.

Which of the following identifies the levels of classification in the correct order?

a)

domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

b)

genus, species, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family

c)

domain, kingdom, genus, species, phylum, class, order, family

d)

genus, species, phylum, class, order, family, domain, kingdom

113.

Linnaeus's contributions most helped develop which area of science?

a)

medicine

b)

taxonomy

c)

chemistry

d)

microbiology

114.

Felicia's teacher gives her the following list of types of organisms. 1. Fern 2. yeast 3. Algae 4. insects Felicia needs to identify the kingdom for each type of organism. In what order could she list the kingdoms for organisms 1 through 4?

a)

Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Animalia

b)

Animalia, Protista, Plantae, Fungi

c)

Plantae, Protista, Fungi, Animalia

d)

Fungi, Plantae, Protista, Animalia

115.

True or False

There are 4 Kingdoms of life

a)

True

b)

False

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