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Earth Science Semester 1 Review
Earth Science Semester 1 Review
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Review for the end of semester exam in Earth Science
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1
What type of weathering is this?
wind
water
glacier
gravity
2
What do scientists think moves the plates on Earth?
convection
none of these
radiation
conduction
3
Which wave appears to do the most damage?
S
Surface
Body
P
4
What is true about this rock?
#6 is the oldest
#3 is the oldest
#3 is the oldest
#6 is the youngest
5
The remains or impression of prehistoric animals and plants
rock
mineral
fossil
sediment
6
Calculate the density of this object: mass = 10 g and volume = 2 mL
10 g
5 g/mL
2 mL
20 g/mL
7
What landform is forming at this divergent boundary?
ocean
ridge
trench
mountain
8
Which seismic wave arrives first from an earthquake?
body
S
P
surface
9
What type of plate boundary it this?
transform
convergent
divergent
10
Earthquakes and volcanoes are associated with...
oceans
plate boundaries
mountains
ocean ridges
11
Intrusive igneous rocks form...
in the ocean
at the top of mountains
above ground
underground
12
What type of grains do Intrusive igneous rocks have?
there's no way to know
small
large
medium
13
When you combine an acid and a base, it produces water and...
salt
hydrogen
a gas
metal
14
Metamorphic rocks form from heat and...
gravity
pressure
water
solids
15
When 2 continental plates are converging what landform is created?
trench
ridge
ocean
mountains
16
Which variable does the experimenter change?
manipulated
responding
controlled
variable
17
In which layer does convection occur?
inner core
outer core
crust
mantle
18
What is the law of superposition?
oldest rock is at the top
oldest rock is in the middle
oldest rock is at the bottom
there is no way to know how old rock is
19
To make a guess about what will happen in the future.
predict
infer
hypothesis
guess
20
The mantle is made of...
solid metal
hard rock
melting rock
liquid metal
21
What type of rock is this?
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
it's a mineral
22
The ocean crust gets subducted because it is more dense.
false
true
23
Which of the following is a chemical change?
ripping in half
freezing
rust
melting
24
What type of rocks do fossils form in?
mineral
metamorphic
igneous
sedimentary
25
What process wears down the Earth?
weathering
deposition
erosion
26
Foliated metamorphic rocks have...
crystals
lines
layers
bands
27
The US uses the metric system of measurement.
true
frue
false
talse
28
Which of the following is a pure substance?
all
salt water
water
Oxygen
29
Which of the following is chemical weathering?
oxidation
freezing
abrasion
animal burrows
30
Which is the most reliable way to identify a mineral?
color
luster
fracture
density
31
The outer layer of the Earth is called...
mantle
aesthenosphere
lithosphere
core
32
What process builds up the Earth?
erosion
weathering
deposition
33
Which is not a step in the scientific method?
share results
experiment
conclusion
question
34
Why is important for scientists to be skeptical?
so they don't believe anyone
so they get accurate information
because you should trust results all the time no matter what
to think of other solutions
35
Acids have a pH less than 7 and taste sour.
True
False
36
Where are the youngest rocks formed in the ocean?
mountains
trench
ocean
ridge
37
What type of erosion created this landform?
water
glacier
wind
gravity
38
What does this graph show?
the most trash is styrofoam
plastic is not littered on the beach
different types of litter
no one litters
