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1st Nine Weeks Exam Study Guide NAME _______________________________________ Questions 1. When a mineral splits easily along flat surfaces we say that the mineral has the property called ___. 2. Why was Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis rejected? Answers: Can Be Found in Science Notebook 3. List the 5 distinct characteristics that all minerals have. 4. Convection currents occur in which two layers of earth? 5. The repeating pattern of a mineral’s particles form a solid called a ____. 6. What type of rock is most likely the oldest and youngest rock on Earth? 7. Why is the inner core a solid? 8. The term used to describe how light is reflected from a mineral’s surface is called ____. 9. What is the name for the super-continent that once existed? 10. On the hardness scale what number is the softest and what number is the hardest? 11. What mineral represents number one and ten? Softest Number: Hardest Number: Mineral One: Mineral Ten: 12. The mineral gypsum has a hardness of 2. What would you expect to happen if you rub an object with a hardness of 4.5 against gypsum? 13. What 4 pieces of evidence support the idea that 1. plate tectonics has caused the continents to 2. move over time? 3. 4. 14. What happens to sediments during deposition? 15. According to scientists what is responsible for the movement of the tectonic plates? 16. What happens to sediments during cementation? 17. How are igneous rocks formed? 18. How are metamorphic rocks formed? 19. What causes earth’s magnetic field? 20. Where does molten material erupt when seafloor spreading occurs? 21. What is earth’s crust made of? 22. List the layers of the earth from least dense to most dense. 23. List the layers of the earth from coolest to hottest. 24. What is the core made of? 25. What is the mantle made of? 26. Which layer of earth is a liquid? 27. What was Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift? 28. List the four layers of earth in order starting with the layer that is on the surface. 29. What do we call a series of processes on Earth’s surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another? 30. What type of rock begins to form as a result of erosion? 31. What type of rock will form from molten material? My test is on Wednesday, October 5th, 2016. It will count as 10% of my overall grade for the 1st Nine Weeks. Parent/Guardian Signature________________________________