Download Earth`s Systems and Resources Test 1

Earth’s Systems and Resources Test 1
1. The difference between an area’s highest and lowest points is the area’s
a. Relief
b. Contour
c. Slope
d. Map
2. If the top of a hill is 500 feet above sea level, then 500 feet is the summit’s
a. Contour
b. Elevation
c. Slope
d. Relief
3. Which of the following is true?
a. Contour lines never cross.
c. Contour lines form circles to show rivers.
b. Contour lines indicate latitude.
d. Contour lines are always straight.
4. Closely spaced contour lines indicate a
a. gradual slope.
c. steep slope.
b. Large contour interval.
d. small contour interval.
Use the topographic map to the right to answer questions 5-7.
5. What is the contour interval on the map?
a. 100
b. 20
c. 25
6. What is the highest possible elevation?
a. 640
b. 600
c. 619
7. What is the elevation at point X(a)?
a. 540
b. 550
c. 530
d. 50
d. 620
d.520
Use the Road Map to the right to answer questions 8-11.
8. On the map, what type of road is indicated by a
double line?
a. Divided Highway c. Paved Road
b. Dirt Road
d. Unmaintained Road
9. Which is an example of a dirt road?
a. Highway 3C
c. Garby Road
b. Declerk Street
d. Junction Road
10.Which feature on the map is not man-made?
a. Highway 3C
c. Garby Road
b. Declerk Street
d. Weston Pond
11.Walking east on McCoy Rd, you will eventually
come to which road?
a. Highway 3C
c. Garby Road
b. Rolly Road
d. Junction Road
Use the Layers of the Earth diagram to the right to answer questions 12-15.
12.Which layer represents the mantle?
13.Which layer represents the outer core?
14.Which layer represents the crust?
15.Which layer represents the inner core?
16.Which layer is most dense?
a. Mantle
c. crust
b. Inner core
d. outer core
17.Which layer is composed of mostly iron and nickel?
a. Mantle
c. crust
b. Core
d. atmosphere
18.Which layer is composed of mostly silicon and oxygen?
a. Mantle
c. crust
b. Core
d. hydrosphere
19. Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains were once among the tallest in the world, similar in
altitude to the Himalayas of today. This would still be the case if not for the process of
A) erosion.
C) volcanism.
B) folding.
D) metamorphism.
20. How do wind and water change rocks over time?
A) They add minerals to the rocks.
C) They increase the mass of the rocks.
B) They change the shape of the rocks.
D) They build up the rocks with sand particles.
21. Five hundred million years ago, basaltic lava flowed in an area now known as Monticello,
the historic home of Thomas Jefferson. Some of this rock has since re-crystallized under
intense heat and pressure and then has been eroded by wind and rain. The order of the rock
cycle in this case is BEST described as
A) metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary. C) igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary.
B) igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic.
D) metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous.
22. Marble is formed when intense heat and pressure is applied to limestone. What type of
rock is marble?
A) metamorphic
C) extrusive igneous
B) sedimentary
D) intrusive igneous
23. More than a billion years ago, the continent of Africa hit North America, generating
enormous pressure and heat while pushing up the Blue Ridge Mountains to a height of 30,000
feet. Most of these mountains have since been worn away by wind, rain, and the growth of
living organisms. The order of the rock cycle in this case is BEST described as
A) igneous, sedimentary.
C) igneous, metamorphic.
B) metamorphic, igneous.
D) metamorphic, sedimentary.
24. Granite is a coarse or medium-grained rock that is rich in quartz and feldspar. It is formed
when bodies of magma cool and harden deep below the earth. What type of rock is granite?
A) metamorphic
C) extrusive igneous
B) sedimentary
D) intrusive igneous
25. Fossil fuels are the compressed remains of ancient organisms like plants or dinosaurs. They
cannot be recycled. Once they are used, they are gone. Which of these is a fossil fuel?
A) corn
C) timber
B) coal
D) sunshine
26. Rocks are composed of different kinds of
A) soils.
C) minerals.
B) sands.
D) water crystals.
Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness
Hardness Mineral Absolute Hardness
1
Talc
1
2
Gypsum
2
3
Calcite
9
4
Fluorite
21
5
Apatite
48
7
Quartz
100
8
Topaz
200
27. According to the Moh’s Scale of Mineral Hardness, the sample mineral that will scratch
gypsum but not apatite is MOST LIKELY
A) calcite.
C) talc.
B) quartz.
D) topaz.
28. Running a mineral across a porcelain plate to see the color it leaves behind on the plate
may be described as testing for
A) color.
C) luster.
B) hardness.
D) streak.
29. The group of minerals ordered from softest to hardest is
A) talc, quartz, diamond.
C) talc, diamond, quartz.
B) quartz, talc, diamond.
D) diamond, talc, quartz.
30. Diamonds are MOST LIKELY used in industrial drill bits because of their
A) high luster.
C) octahedral crystalline shape.
B) resistance to being scratched.
D)
tendency to break along preexisting weak
zones.