Worksheets3rd Pretest Practice
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 17mins
This type of rock is formed after another rock melts and becomes magma, and then cools and hardens back into a solid rock
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
Granite forms when liquid magma slowly cools within Earth’s crust. If the granite is exposed to intense heat and pressure, it can change to gneiss. Which type of change takes place when granite turns into gneiss?
Sedimentary rock changes to igneous rock.
Igneous rock changes to metamorphic rock
Metamorphic rock changes to igneous rock
Sedimentary rock changes to metamorphic rock
Plants (__________) draw water (___________) and nutrients from the soil (___________) and release water vapor into the atmosphere.
biosphere; hydrosphere; geosphere
hydrosphere; biosphere; geosphere
biosphere; atmosphere; hydrosphere
cryosphere; biosphere; hydrosphere
When animals decompose, which two spheres are interacting?
Biosphere & Atmosphere
Hydrosphere & Atmosphere
Biosphere & Geosphere
Atmosphere & Cryosphere
Hot air/water (a) and cold air/water (b)
What type of model is shown?
geocentric
heliocentric
Which of the earlier models of the Solar System, Geocentric or Heliocentric, is most similar to the Solar System as we know it to be today and why?
A. Geocentric, because only the moon is shown orbiting the Earth.
B. Geocentric, which includes all eight planets.
C. Heliocentric, which includes all nine planets.
D. Heliocentric, because the planets are orbiting the Sun.
Why is Venus so much hotter than Mercury even though it is further away from the Sun?
Venus doesn’t have an atmosphere which causes the planet to become much hotter than other planets.
Venus’ atmosphere is so dense that heat is trapped and can barely escape, making it hotter than other planets.
Venus has different layers from our atmosphere which causes Venus to be hotter.
Venus atmosphere is so thin that heat is able to pass through and make the planet hotter.
During which moon phase does a lunar eclipse occur?
quarter moon
new moon
crescent moon
full moon
If Katherine wants to represent a solar eclipse, at which position should she place the Moon?
A
B
C
D
During the moon phase shown in the image, Earth will experience a:
Spring Tide
Neap Tide
