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Standard 3 Objective 1 Part 2
Test Description: Rocks and minerals and fossils
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which evidence supports the idea that Earth's surface has changed over time?
A
Modern plants and animals that look like ancient organisms
B
Rocks and fossils that came from outer space
C
Climates in some places on Earth that are different than other places
D
Fossils of rainforest plants in areas that are now deserts
2) Which event would mostly likely produce igneous rocks?
A
Deposition
B
Earthquake
C
Volcano
D
Flood
3) Minerals that break along smooth, flat surfaces have
A
Cleavage
B
Metallic luster
C
Hardness
D
Fracture
4) A rock has 3 minerals, quartz with a hardness of 7, feldspar with a hardness of 4 and biotite with a hardness of 2.5. What is true about the hardness of rock?
A
The hardness of the rock varies because each of the minerals has a different hardness
B
The hardness is 13.5 because that is the total hardness of the rock
C
The hardness is 2.5 because that is the hardness of the softest mineral
D
The hardness is 4.4 because that is the average of the hardness of the minerals in the rock
5) Which of the following tests would help you find out if a diamond in a ring was a real diamond or a fake?
A
Feel it with your fingers
B
Wear it and see how long it lasts
C
Look closely at the crystal
D
Scratch it across a glass
6) Which shows how knowing about minerals has affected human life?
A
Recycling plastics to make gym floors
B
Using wool to make warm sweaters
C
Finding meteorites on ice flows in Antarctica
D
Using quartz in time-keeping instruments
7) If you found an igneous rock with large crystals,what would the crystals tell you about how that rock was formed?
A
Cooled slowly below the surface
B
Cooled quickly above the surface
C
Cooled slowly above the surface
D
Cooled quickly below the surface
8) Igneous rock was imbedded in sedimentary rock, which also contained a fossil fish. The age of the rock is 350 million years old. If a fossil starfish were also found in the same layer of sedimentary rock, it would suggest that
A
There had been no change in that area since the fossils were deposited
B
The method used to determine the age of the fish were inaccurate
C
The starfish and the fish were closely related
D
The fish and the starfish were alive at about the same time
9) A sedimentary rock made up of rounded fragments of other rocks is called
A
Shale
B
Breecia
C
Conglomerate
D
Sandstone
10) The texture of a metamorphic rock that has grains arranged in parallel layers is described as
A
Nonfoliated
B
Foliated
C
Jagged grained
D
Coarse grained
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