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Semester 2 Final
Test Description: Part 2
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What are the building blocks of minerals?
A
elements
B
electrons
C
isotopes
D
rocks
2) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of minerals?
A
either liquid or solid
B
definite chemical composition
C
crystalline structure
D
formed by inorganic processes
3) Why is ice in a glacier considered to be a mineral, but water from a glacier is not?
A
water does not have a chemical composition
B
ice is a solid, but water is not
C
ice is not naturally occurring
D
Water is not naturally occurring
4) Minerals are classified by
A
density
B
composition
C
color
D
size
5) Mohs scale is used to determine what property of minerals?
A
cleavage
B
density
C
hardness
D
luster
6) What is the density of a mineral?
A
the ratio of a mineral's height to its weight
B
a mineral's volume
C
a mineral's mass
D
the ratio of a mineral's mass to its volume
7) What is a naturally occurring, solid mass of mineral or mineral-like matter?
A
a fossil
B
lava
C
a rock
D
a mineral
8) All the energy that drives Earth's rock cycle comes from
A
the wind
B
Earth's interior and the sun
C
the movement of water over Earth's surface
D
the breakdown of organic matter
9) Which of the following represents the correct order of the processes involved in sedimentart rock formation?
A
weathering, erosion, depostion, compaction, cementation
B
compaction, cementation, deposition, weathering, erosion
C
ereosion, weathering, compaction, cementation, deposition
D
deposition, cementation, compaction, erosion, weathering
10) Which of the following is NOT an agent of metamorphism?
A
heat
B
pressure
C
running water
D
a hydrothermal solution
11) The advantage of solar energy include the fact that it is
A
expensive
B
nonrenewable
C
absent at night
D
non-pollutting
12) Which of the following is an example of nonpoint source of fresh water pollution?
A
factory waste piped into a stream
B
sewage treatment plant
C
pesticide runoff from farm fields
D
leaking toxic waste landfill
13) What amount of Earth's total water supply is usable fresh water?
A
75%
B
50%
C
25%
D
less than 1%
14) What is the function of the atmosphere's ozone layer?
A
shields Earth from harmful solar radiation
B
removes pollution from the atmosphere
C
protects Earth from the sun's heat
D
provides the oxygen needed by human life
15) What is the most important law passed to deal with air pollution?
A
Clean Air Act
B
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compenstation, and Liability Act
C
Resource COnservation and Recovery Act
D
Clean Water Act
16) The process that occurs when physical forces break rock into smaller pieces without changing the rocks chemical composition is called
A
erosion
B
mechanical weathering
C
chemical weathering
D
differential weathering
17) Which of the following weathering processes involves the constant freezing and thawing of water?
A
unloading
B
spheroridal weathering
C
exfoliation
D
frost wedging
18) Which of the following is the result of chemical weathering?
A
a rock that has been broken into tiny pieces
B
a rock that has lost its outer layers
C
a rock that has been changed into one or more new compounds
D
a rock that has been split in two
19) What is the force behind mass movements
A
gravity
B
moving ice
C
flowing water
D
the sun's energy
20) What factor commonly triggers mass movements?
A
saturation of surface materials with water
B
removal of vegetation
C
all of the above
D
earthquakes
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