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EG_Quiz assessment CIA

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Geology is the study of ________

a)

Earth

b)

Water

c)

Soil

d)

None of the above

2.

____ deals with the application of geology for a construction of civil engineering project?

a)

Mining geology

b)

Engineering geology

c)

Mineralogy

d)

Economic geology

3.

The study of origin of rock and its composition _________

a)

Petrology

b)

Volcanology

c)

Geomorphology

d)

Geochemistry

4.

___ breaks down and loosens the surface minerals of rock.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Water

d)

Land

5.

Water takes up about 10% more spaces when it freezes ____?

a)

Exfoliation

b)

Frost wedging

c)

Root wedging

d)

Abrasion

6.

___ results when rock formed at depth are exposed at the ground surface

a)

Exfoliation

b)

Root wedging

c)

Burrowing

d)

Decaying organisms

7.

Human manually move or change rocks when they mine ____

a)

None of the above

b)

Biological activity

c)

Chemical weathering

d)

Mechanical weathering

8.

Honeycomb weathering is formed from ___ of cement?

a)

Dissolution

b)

Hydration

c)

Oxidation

d)

Hydrolysis

9.

Larger and heavier rocks or gravels are rolled along the bed ____?

a)

Traction

b)

Saltation

c)

Solution

d)

Suspension

10.

___ deposition are always formed at the base of foothills in abrupt drop in channel gradient?

a)

Alluvial fan

b)

Delta

c)

flood plain

d)

Estuary

11.

The minerals can identify by our naked eye through visual identification is ____ properties

a)

All the above

b)

X-ray

c)

Microscopic

d)

Physical

12.

The colour of a mineral powder obtained by rubbing a mineral by porcelain plate is ____

a)

Streak

b)

Form

c)

Lustre

d)

Colour

13.

___ is the nature of shining on the surface of minerals

a)

Habit

b)

Fracture

c)

Lustre

d)

Streak

14.

The definite direction or plane along which minerals break easily

a)

Specific gravity

b)

Fracture

c)

Hardness

d)

Cleavage

15.

Volcanic eruption generates extensive lava flows, and solidification of lava forms ___ rocks

a)

Extrusive

b)

Intrusive

c)

metamorphic

d)

sedimentary

16.

Acid rocks are also called as ____

a)

Felsic rocks

b)

Mafic rocks

c)

Sedimentary rocks

d)

Metamorphic rocks

17.

A process of accumulation of sediments at the site of deposition is ____

a)

sedimentation

b)

diagenesis

c)

Lithification

d)

erosion

18.

Rocks are formed by mechanical accumulation of grains is ___ rocks

a)

Non clastic

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Igneous

d)

Clastic

19.

Metamorphic rocks are formed from _________ rocks

a)

None of the above

b)

weathering

c)

deposition

d)

pre-existing

20.

The word “Meta” is known for ____?

a)

Change

b)

No change

c)

High

d)

Low

21.

Study on geological aspects of water with regard to occurrence, movement and interaction in rock?

a)

Hydrogeology

b)

Geophysics

c)

Geochemistry

d)

Structural geology

22.

Study of minerals, ores and fossil fuels and their importance?

a)

Meteorology

b)

Astrogeology

c)

Mining geology

d)

Economic geology

23.

Study of earth involves the methods and principles of physics

a)

Volcanology

b)

Geomorphology

c)

Petrology

d)

Geophysics

24.

___ weathering involves breakdown of rocks and soils through direct contact of atmospheric conditions

a)

Both (C) and (D)

b)

Chemical

c)

Mechanical

d)

Physical

25.

The mechanical scraping of rock surface by friction between rocks and moving particles __

a)

Frost wedging

b)

Abrasion

c)

Biological activity

d)

Exfoliation

26.

Iron + oxygen = iron oxide is known what reaction ______

a)

Hydrolysis

b)

Oxidation

c)

Dissolution

d)

Exfoliation

27.

Decaying organisms produce (humic acids) enhance ______

a)

Chemical weathering

b)

Exfoliation

c)

Mechanical weathering

d)

Physical weathering

28.

Rocks sensitive to the presence of hydrogen in water trigger’s chemical reaction __

a)

Dissolution

b)

Hydrolysis

c)

Oxidation

d)

Frost wedging

29.

___ landform where the mouth of river flows into an ocean, sea, lake or another river

a)

Estuary

b)

Oxbow Lake

c)

Meander

d)

Delta

30.

The uppermost part of the earth is called as ___

a)

inner core

b)

Core

c)

Crust

d)

Mantle

31.

___ is the resistance of a mineral to being scratched by another material

a)

Habit

b)

Streak

c)

Lustre

d)

Hardness

32.

___ represents the ratio of weight of a mineral to the weight of equal volume of water.

a)

Specific gravity

b)

Colour

c)

Fracture

d)

Diaphaneity

33.

___ is the degree to which light passes through a mineral

a)

Colour

b)

Fracture

c)

Hardness

d)

Diaphaneity

34.

___ is a natural solid aggregate of minerals forming the crust of the earth

a)

Water

b)

Land

c)

Soil

d)

Rock

35.

___ rock formed by direct cooling and solidification of hot molten lava or magma

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Sedimentary

c)

None of the above

d)

Igneous

36.

Basic Igneous rocks are also called as ___

a)

Felsic Rocks

b)

Mafic Rocks

c)

Sedimentary Rocks

d)

Metamorphic Rocks

37.

Sedimentary rocks are formed by Chemical precipitation is ________

a)

non-clastic

b)

Clastic

c)

Metamorphic rocks

d)

Igneous rocks

38.

Sedimentary rocks are formed by ______

a)

All the above

b)

compaction

c)

accumulation

d)

consolidation

39.

Agents of metamorphism ________

a)

All the above

b)

Shearing stress

c)

Pressure

d)

Temperature

40.

In word metamorphic, the term ‘morph’ means ____

a)

shape

b)

change

c)

lava

d)

viscous

41.

___ is the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by natural forces.

a)

Weathering

b)

Compaction

c)

Erosion

d)

Deposition

42.

Which type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the Earth's surface?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Clastic

43.

___ is the term for the layer of soil and rock that covers the Earth's surface.

a)

Bedrock

b)

Core

c)

Mantle

d)

Crust

44.

Which type of rock is formed from the accumulation of organic material?

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Igneous

d)

Clastic

45.

___ is the process by which sediment is transported from one location to another.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Compaction

46.

___ is the term for the layering that occurs in sedimentary rocks.

a)

Stratification

b)

Metamorphism

c)

Foliation

d)

Crystallization

47.

___ is the process by which rocks are transformed under heat and pressure?

a)

Metamorphism

b)

Deposition

c)

Weathering

d)

Erosion

48.

Which type of rock is formed from the accumulation of sediment?

a)

None of the above

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

d)

Igneous

49.

___ is the term for the breaking down of rocks by chemical reactions?

a)

Biological weathering

b)

Physical weathering

c)

Chemical weathering

d)

Mechanical weathering

50.

___ is the term for the molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.

a)

Lava

b)

Basalt

c)

Magma

d)

Granite

51.

___ is the process by which sedimentary rocks are formed from compacted sediments.

a)

Metamorphism

b)

Crystallization

c)

Diagenesis

d)

Weathering

52.

Which type of rock is primarily formed from volcanic activity?

a)

None of the above

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Sedimentary

53.

___ is the term for the process of transporting sediments from one location to another.

a)

Compaction

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion

d)

Deposition