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WorksheetsScience 7 Planet Earth Topic 1-5 Review
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Heat and pressure can change sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock.
true
false
Gold leaves a white streak on unglazed porcelain.
true
false
What are the three types of weathering?
physical, ecological and biological
rain, snow and sleet
rain, snow and fog
chemical, biological and physical
What term describes the powdery mark left behind when a mineral is scratched along a piece of unglazed porcelain?
colour
lustre
streak
fracture
Biological weathering is caused by plants and animals.
true
false
Magma that cools below the earth's surface is called
Extrusive Rock
Mineral
Intrusive Rock
Lava
This image is an example of what?
Sediment
Stratification
Cleavage
Fracture
The ridge across from Mr P in this picture shows an example of...
Sedimentary rock
Stratification
Lustre
Erratics
Lustre refers to
A mineral's tendency to shatter when dropped
A mineral's ability to reflect light or shine
A mineral's ability to leave a streak when rubbed on a porcelain surface
The rate at which Mr Pierson can eat waffles, measured in waffles per hour.
This image is an example of..
A glacial striation
Giant lawn bowling
A glacial erratic
Biological Weathering
Erosion is
The movement of rock and mineral grains from one place to another
The breaking down of rock to create sediments
The break down of rock through chemical reactions
The chemical breakdown of rocks by animal interactions
In our lessons, we discussed that sedimentary Limestone would be considered a ___________ to limestone
metamorphic rock
compaction
parent rock
intrusive rock
There is an evident theory that all the continents were joined together at one point in time in a super-continent. The name of this super-continent is...
Pantera
Presbyterian
Superland
Pangaea
The person that invented the theory of the "Continental Drift" is...
Galileo Galilei
Marie Curie
Alfred Wegener
Stephen Hawking
Explain the theory of the "Continental Drift" and provide at least 1 reason why scientists believe this theory to be true.
The theory of Plate Tectonics states that the earth's crust is divided into 7 major sections and floats on the mantle.
True
False
Plates that are moving together are called CONVERGING plates and the result of this action is...
Volcanoes
Mountains
Rivers
Poor Weather
Plates that move in the opposite direction are called DIVERGING plates and the result of this action is...
Volcanoes
Mountains
Oceans
Poor weather conditions
Tectonic plates shift around Earth at an extremely fast rate.
True
False
What’s the definition of rock?
Mixed elements/minerals
Either an element or a compound.
The building blocks of minerals
The “Shininess” of minerals
What’s the definition of a mineral?
Mixed elements/minerals
Either a element or a compound
A pure substance that consists of atoms
A mix of two or more elements
A (a) is a pure substance that consists of only atoms.
The definition of hardness in minerals is…
The resistance of a mineral to scratching.
A scale that tests the hardness of a number of minerals by scratching them.
The “Shininess” of a mineral.
A property produced by the reflection of light.
Mixed minerals/elements that create a solid substance.
The Mohs Hardness Scale is a scale that…
Tests the hardness of a number of materials by scratching them.
The resistance of a mineral to scratching.
Tests the building blocks of minerals.
Tests how shiny the mineral is.
The shininess of a mineral is…
Lustre
Hardness
Shine
Colour
When minerals break along smooth, flat surfaces it's called...
Hardness
Cleavage
Fracture
Talc
Moh's Hardness Scale
Heat and pressure can change sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock.
true
false
Biological weathering is caused by plants and animals.
true
false
Eroded sediments pushed in front of glaciers are called moraines.
true
false
Glaciers can make scratches in rocks, called striations.
true
false
Chemical weathering occurs when vinegar is poured on rocks to decide if they have calcium in them.
true
false
Gold leaves a white streak on unglazed porcelain.
true
false
The three factors that influence the formation of soil include:
placement, soil conditions and sunlight
human planting, river water, runoff
climate, type of rock, and amount of moisture
rainfall, sunlight and movement of the tectonic plates
What are the three types of weathering?
physical, ecological and biological
rain, snow and sleet
rain, snow and fog
chemical, biological and physical
When identifying rock and minerals you can look at a variety of elements. What element is shown in this image?
cleavage
fracture
lustre
colour
The process of erosion and deposition can be explained as
wearing away, movement, and dropping of materials
movement and dropping of rock fragments
breaking and movement of rock
weathering and dropping of materials
What are pure, naturally occurring, crystalline materials that make up rocks?
elements
minerals
compounds
atoms
What term describes the powdery mark left behind when a mineral is scratched along a piece of unglazed porcelain?
colour
lustre
streak
fracture
Look carefully at the rock in this image. This is an example of
chemical weathering
lustre
deposition
frost wedging
Which layer is the most dense layer of the earth?
mantle
crust
inner core
outer core
What is the youngest item in the image?
A
B
C
D
E
water, ice, wind or gravity
moves fragments of rock
and soil.
water, ice, wind or gravity
deposit rock sediments
and soil in a new place.
Earth’s crust into smaller
and smaller pieces.
Where is heat and pressure the greatest in the Earth?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
How have scientists been able to infer the internal structure of Earth without being able to directly observe inside the Earth?
Scientists analyze how earthquake waves move throught Earth's interior.
Scientists use satellite radar and sonar technologies to map Earth's internal layers.
Scientists make educated guesses about Earth's internal structure based on previous hypothesis.
Scientists study different types of rocks from many different locations on Earth's surface.
Which layer of the earth is the least dense layer?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
The layers of the earth forming according to their density is known as:
density columns
layered earth theory
planetary differentiation
I can't think of another misleading option
What is the name of the place on the Earth's surface immediately above an earthquake?
epicenter
destruction zone
Raleigh/Love focus
triangulation point
P waves and S waves
are seismic body waves
travel at the same speed
travel through solid, liquids, and gases
are also known as Love and Raleigh waves
What does the theory of Continental Drift include?
Fossil evidence
Ice Core Evidence
Climate Evidence
All of the above
Where are the Rocky Mountains?
A
B
C
D
Where are the mountains under the ocean?
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
What does seafloor spreading build?
Ridges
Trenches
Mountains
Coastlines
Wegner believed that the continents were in one big landmass called:
Pandora
Pangea
Pantinent
Pandaland
The theory of Continental Drift stated that:
Land mass moved over time pushing land apart
Dinosaurs were struck by a meteor blocking photosynthesis
Lightening gave electrolytes to the ocean creatures
Coal was found in ice proving different climates
How do convection currents drive movement?
Heat rises causing melted rock to rise
Cool rock increases in density sinking it
A current is formed when the hot and cold earth mix
All of these combined
The mid-Ocean ridge can be seen in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and is a place where new (a) (Crust, Mantle, Core) is formed.
What is another name for Mid Ocean ridge?
Plain range
Mountain range
Tectonic range
Lone Range
The map shows areas that may have:
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Hurricanes
High Insurance
Which type of seismic wave travels slower and is most destructive
S-waves
Surface waves
P-waves
Seismic waves
What does the speed of a seismic wave depend on
What material it goes through
what kind of wave it is
Which one is a strike-slip fault
Which is a normal fault
Which is a reverse fault
What is an epicenter
The point where the rock breaks and causes an earth quake
A long, underwater mountain chain
The point in earths surface directly above the focus
the weight of the uplift ridge is thought to push the plate toward the trench
What is focus
The point within earth where the rock breaks and the earthquake is generated
The weight of the uplift ridge is thought to push the plate toward the trench
Transfer of energy by the flow of a heated substance
What’s a Richter scale
The record of earth tremor made by a seismograph
An instrument for automatically detecting and recording the intensity if an earthquake
the way to measure the magnitude of an earthquake
The way to measure the intensity of an earthquake
