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Test Description: Review for rocks and soil test
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) In what type of rock do crystals form while it is cooling?
A
fossils
B
metamorphic
C
igneous
D
sedimentary
2) In what type of rock might you see layers?
A
metamorphic
B
marble
C
igneous
D
sedimentary
3) What type of rock is formed inside the earth because of tremendous heat and pressure?
A
metamorphic
B
pumice
C
igneous
D
sedimentary
4) What is one important component of soil?
A
weathered rock
B
inorganic matter
C
water
D
dirt
5) Which BEST describes what type of soil is formed?
A
the type of things living there
B
the type of rock and the climate of the area
C
how much rain the area gets
D
the temperature of the area around it
6) Which of the following lists some of the properties of soil?
A
color, pore size, humus
B
deposition, compaction, cementation
C
texture, deposition, compaction
D
texture, color, pore space
7) Which of the following BEST helps enrich the soil?
A
decaying plants and other organisms
B
adding inorganic minerals
C
adding a lot of water
D
adding clay
8) What is humus?
A
weathered rock
B
decayed organic matter usually dark in color
C
light colored subsoil
D
bedrock
9) Which horizon is also known as TOPSOIL?
A
Horizon B
B
Horizon C
C
Horizon O
D
Horizon A
10) Which of the following situations would make it difficult for soil to form?
A
a hilly area with steep slopes
B
an area that is warm and wet
C
an area with organic material decaying
D
an area with fresh or salt water
11) Which type of plate boundary will result in a mid-atlantic ridge? (Hint: the sea floor is spreading apart)
A
divergent
B
convergent
C
transform
D
humus
12) The San Andreas fault that causes earthquakes in California is what type of plate boundary?
A
humus
B
convergent
C
transform
D
divergent
13) What will most likely happen if two pieces of continental crust meet and collide?
A
an ocean trench will form
B
an earthquake will form
C
a volcano will form
D
a mountain will form
14) What do we call the energy released in an earthquake wave?
A
a sound wave
B
an electromagnetic wave
C
a seismic wave
D
a light wave
15) Which layer of the earth is responsible for plate tectonic movement?
A
the mantle
B
the outer core
C
the inner core
D
lithosphere
16) If a metamorphic rock becomes magma, what process must it undergo?
A
weathering and erosion
B
melting
C
cooling and hardening
D
deposition, compaction, and cementation
17) Why is soil important to humans?
A
it supports the growth of plants that we need for survival
B
it tells us once lived in the areas we live in now
C
it provides rocks for our rock collection
D
it is fertile so we don't need to worry about it
18) What is true about the relationship between rocks and the soil they make?
A
the soil is the same all over the world
B
the soil has a similar make up to the rock it comes from
C
the soil has nothing in common with the rock it comes from
D
the soil will form the rocks around it
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