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Earth Science Mid Term Review
Test Description: Science Beginnings to Mid Year Part 1
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which one of these questions should you NOT ask yourself when identifying if something is a mineral?
A
Is it a solid?
B
Is it nonlivng?
C
Is it metal?
D
Does it have a crystalline structure?
2) What property of a mineral is shown by its luster?
A
how the mineral breaks
B
ability to reflect light
C
ability to mark a surface
D
color of the mineral
3) What is term/phrase that means: returning the land to its original condition
A
deforestation
B
surface mining
C
reclamation
D
subsurface mining
4) Which is the best description of a rock
A
A mixture of organic matter
B
Various minerals, but no organic matter
C
One pure mineral and organic matter
D
A mixture of one or more minerals and possibly organic matter
5) Sedimentary rock forms at or near the earth's surface. What are the particles that form sedimentary rock called?
A
sediment
B
carbon
C
magma
D
air
6) Metamorphic rock like marble requre heat and pressure to form. As a result, where do most metamorphic rocks form?
A
deep in the earth
B
on the earth's surface
C
in river deltas
D
at the bottom of oceans
7) What is changed about a rock during mechanical weathering?
A
the shape of the rock
B
the color of the rock
C
what is being dissolved in the rock
D
the composition of the rock
8) When water, oxygen and iron combine what is produced?
A
carbon dioxide
B
carbon monoxide
C
carbon
D
rust
9) What is the main component of soil?
A
weathered rock
B
air
C
water
D
organic matter
10) Which one of the following is not a major region?
A
desert
B
forest canopy
C
temperate
D
tropical
11) Sediment is picked up and moved away by which of these processes?
A
weathering
B
deposition
C
erosion
D
compaction
12) What is known as the highest point which separates areas?
A
drainage basin
B
divide
C
stream
D
floodplain
13) What do we call the zigzag movement of sand along the shoreline at a beach?
A
longshore drift
B
loess
C
a barrier island
D
a sandbar
14) What is a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land called?
A
a depression
B
a moraine
C
a till
D
a glacier
15) Which of the following is NOT one of the three main layers of Earth?
A
core
B
crust
C
mantle
D
submantle
16) What plate is located furthest SOUTH?
A
Antarctic Plate
B
North American Plate
C
Eurasian Plate
D
African Plate
17) Who hypothesized that the continents were once one land mass?
A
Wegener
B
Newton
C
Galileo
D
Einstein
18) Which describes a convergent plate boundary?
A
when plates come together and collide
B
when plates slide past each other horizontally
C
when plates move away from each other
D
when plates do not move
19) What do we call the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed?
A
compression
B
straining
C
tension
D
stretching
20) Where do MOST earthquakes occur?
A
in random locations
B
mostly in the ocean
C
mostly on land
D
along plate boundaries
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