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First 9 Weeks Exam Review Part 4
Test Description: Part 4
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Jamie wants to determine the density of a small rock. Which combination of tools would be best for Jamie to use?
A
a graduated cylinder and a thermometer
B
a ruler and a balance scale
C
a graduated cylinder and a balance scale
D
a balance scale and a thermometer
2) What is the half-life of carbon-14?
A
22,920 years
B
5,730 years
C
11,460 years
D
17,190 years
3) Which item should be used to identify the color of a rock sample’s powder?
A
streak plate
B
petri dish
C
magnet
D
hand lens
4) A student wants to measure the volume of a rock sample. Which would be the best tool to use?
A
thermometer
B
balance scale
C
ruler
D
graduated cylinder
5) A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question is a
A
scientific law
B
scientific theory
C
manipulated variable
D
hypothesis
6) Which measurement tool should be used to find the mass of a rock?
A
beaker
B
flask
C
microscope
D
balance scale
7) Most fossils from when organism die and are buried in
A
faults
B
ice
C
sediment
D
unconformities
8) Which of the following is NOT a part of the rock cycle?
A
evaporation and precipitation
B
melting and cooling
C
weathering and erosion
D
heat and pressure
9) ________________ are the scientists who study the forces that make and shape the planet Earth.
A
Geologist
B
Physicists
C
Biologist
D
Chemists
10) A petrified fossil forms when
A
minerals replace all or part of an organism
B
an organism is frozen
C
an organism becomes trapped in amber
D
gases escape from the organism and leave carbon behind
11) A break in Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other is called a
A
layer
B
plate
C
boundary
D
fault
12) What erupts through the valley of a mid-ocean ridge?
A
the lithosphere
B
deep-ocean trenches
C
molten material
D
continental drift
13) In the convection current of a pan of soup, the cooler, denser fluid
A
stays on top
B
stays where it is
C
sinks to the bottom
D
rises to the top
14) Continental crust consists mainly of the rock
A
mantle
B
basalt
C
granite
D
nickel
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