Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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Earth's thinnest layer is the
a. | crust. | b. | mantle. | c. | outer
core. | d. | inner core. |
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Earth's core is made mostly of which two metals?
a. | gold and silver | b. | nickel and iron | c. | uranium and
iron | d. | copper and nickel |
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The uppermost part of the mantle is part of Earth's
a. | lithosphere. | b. | inner core. | c. | crust. | d. | outer core. |
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three major groups of rocks?
a. | igneous | b. | intrusive | c. | metamorphic | d. | sedimentary |
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Which of these processes results in the formation of igneous rock?
a. | the evaporation of a solution on Earth's surface | b. | the deposition of
layers of sediment | c. | the cooling of magma | d. | heat and pressure
deep inside Earth |
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Which of the following rock types do you find fossils?
a. | metamorphic | c. | sedimentary | b. | lithoshpere | d. | igneous |
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What are fossils made of?
a. | rocks | c. | mud | b. | dead organism | d. | clay |
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Fossils make resources called fossil fuels. Which of these is one of the
fossil fuels made from fossils?
a. | trees | c. | oil | b. | wind | d. | water |
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Coal and Natural gas are fossil fuels made from dead oranisms that lived
millions of years ago. Which of these words describe the type of resources these fossil fuel
are?
a. | renewable resouces | c. | living resouces | b. | nonrenewable resources | d. | none of these |
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Which of these types of rocks come from lava that erupts from volcanoes?
a. | metamorphic | c. | igneous | b. | sedimentary | d. | none of these |
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The three major fossil fuels are coal, oil, and
a. | wood. | b. | natural gas. | c. | gasoline. | d. | electricity. |
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Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable resources because they
a. | burn so quickly. | b. | are in such high demand. | c. | take hundreds of
millions of years to form. | d. | pollute the
air. |
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Before lava reaches Earth's surface it is called
a. | rock. | b. | magma. | c. | volcanic
ash. | d. | liquid fire. |
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The carrying away of rock from one place to another is called:
a. | weathering | c. | glaciers | b. | slides | d. | erosion |
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The breaking down of rocks is called:
a. | weathering | c. | glaciers | b. | erosion | d. | slides |
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From the pictures above, which of these is picture A?
a. | glacier | c. | delta | b. | cave | d. | valley |
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From the pictures above, which of these is picture B?
a. | glacier | c. | delta | b. | cave | d. | valley |
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From the pictures above, which of these is picture C?
a. | glacier | c. | delta | b. | cave | d. | valley |
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From the pictures above, which of these is picture D?
a. | glacier | c. | delta | b. | cave | d. | valley |
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Which of these forces cause the most weathering and erosion on Earth?
a. | wind | c. | water | b. | ice | d. | plant roots |
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BONUS - Anything that has mass and takes up space is
a. | a chemical change. | b. | energy. | c. | matter. | d. | volume. |
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BONUS - Which of the following is an example of a physical property?
a. | hardness. | b. | ability to rust. | c. | reacting with
water. | d. | flammability. |
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BONUS - Which type of matter consists of two or more substances that are all
chemically combined?
a. | an element | b. | a compound | c. | a
mixture | d. | an atom |
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BONUS - One example of a physical change is
a. | burning paper. | b. | baking cookies. | c. | the rusting of
iron. | d. | mixing a milkshake. |
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BONUS - All elements are composed of extremely small particles called
a. | compounds. | b. | mixtures. | c. | atoms. | d. | molecules. |
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Matching
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a. | delta | d. | crust | b. | ice | e. | igneous | c. | weathering |
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thin layer of the Earth.
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27.
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material that breaks down rock
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type of rock made from cooled lava.
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29.
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landform found at the mouth of a river.
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breaking down of rock
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