Transcript 1ST-SEMESTER-EXAM-PPT-FOR-REVIEW-GAMEx

ST
1
SEMESTER EXAM
CHAPTERS 1 -6
Which of the following would you
measure using a balance?
a. volume
b. mass
c. length
d. temperature
B
The metric system of measurement
is based on the number
a. 1. c. 12.
b. 10. d. 100.
B
Using one or more of your senses to
gather information is called
a. observing. c. predicting.
b. inferring.
d. classifying.
A
Which of the following would you
measure using a graduated cylinder?
a. volume c. length
b. mass
d. temperature
A
The horizontal axis of a graph runs
a. left to right. c. vertically.
b. up and down.
d.
diagonally.
A
Trying to explain why a solar eclipse
occurs is an example of
a. a prediction
b. an experiment.
c. scientific inquiry.
d. classification.
C
A scientific hypothesis must be
a. correct. c. able to be
controlled.
b. able to be manipulated.
d. able to be tested.
D
A well-tested explanation for a wide
range of observations or
experimental results is called a
a. scientific law.
b. scientific inquiry.
c. scientific hypothesis.
b. scientific inquiry.
d. scientific theory.
D
Why is it useful for scientists to develop
models for the structure of atoms?
a. Atoms are too small to study directly.
b. Atoms move too quickly to see.
c.
Looking at atoms directly can be
harmful.
d. Atoms are too far away to study.
A
A group of parts that work together
is called a
a. technology.
b. system
c. process.
.
d. feedback.
B
Rachel Carson caused controversy
with her research about the harmful
effects of the pesticide DDT. Which
group most likely would have
disagreed with her findings?
a. farmers
b. animal rights groups
c. bird watchers
d. fishermen
A
Which of the following is an example of a
scientific law?
a. All cells are produced from other cells.
b. All objects in the universe attract each
other.
c.
All substances are composed of tiny
particles called atoms.
d. Mass can be converted into energy and
energy can be converted into mass.
C
Which of the following can be
described as a simple system?
a. a flight simulator
b. ocean currents
c. a food chain
d. global weather
C
Which would be the most
appropriate tool for modeling a
complex system?
a. a computer
b. a calculator
c. pencil and paper
d. a simple equation
A
What is the correct order (starting from the
surface) of Earth’s layers?
a. crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b. mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c.
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d. outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
C
To describe a rock’s texture,
geologists determine
a. the color and density of the
rock.
b. how the rock formed.
c. the size, shape, and pattern of
the rock’s grains.
d. the mineral composition of the
rock.
C
A series of processes on Earth’s
surface and in the crust and mantle
that slowly changes rocks from one
kind to another is called
a. erosion.
b. crystallization
c. the rock cycle.
.
d. evaporation.
C
The most abundant type of
intrusive rock in the continental
crust is
a. slate.
b. granite
c. flint.
.
d. quartzite.
B
The process by which sediment
settles out of the water or wind
carrying it is
a. compaction.
b. cementation
c. deposition.
.
d. erosion.
C
An igneous rock commonly used as
building material is
a. sandstone.
b. marble
c. slate.
.
d. granite.
D
Heat and pressure deep beneath
Earth’s surface can change any rock
into
a. chemical rock.
b. gemstones.
c. metamorphic rock.
d. sedimentary rock
C
What are fossils?
a. molds and casts of organisms
that live today
b. drawings of ancient animals and
other organisms
c. footprints or burrows of small
animals that live today
d. the preserved remains or traces
of organisms that lived in the past
D
The relative age of a rock is
a. its age compared with the ages of other
rocks.
b. less than the age of the fossils the rock
contains.
c.
the number of years since the rock
formed.
d. its age based on how much carbon-14
the rock contains.
A
The time it takes for half of the
radioactive atoms in a sample of a
radioactive element to decay is the
element’s
a. relative age.
b. potassium-argon date.
c. absolute age.
d. half-life.
D
Geologists use radioactive dating to
a. determine the relative ages of rock
layers.
b. tell the difference between molds and
casts.
c.
tell where one soil horizon ends and the
next one begins.
d. determine the absolute ages of rocks.
D
Earth’s earliest atmosphere lacked
which gas that is necessary for life as
we know it to exist today?
a. nitrogen
b. carbon dioxide
c. argon
d. oxygen
D
Late in the Paleozoic Era, the
supercontinent Pangaea formed.
The climate in the center of Pangaea
was probably a(n)
a. extremely cold, polar climate.
b. hot, dry desert climate.
c. wet tropical climate.
d. warm, mild climate.
B
What principle states that the
geologic processes that change
Earth today also changed
Earth in the past?
a. uniformitarianism
b. evolution
c. superposition
d. erosion
A
According to Wegener’s hypothesis
of continental drift,
a. Earth’s surface is made up of
seven major landmasses.
b. the continents do not move.
c. Earth is slowly cooling and
shrinking.
d. the continents were once joined
together in a single landmass
D
What technology did scientists use
in the mid-1900s to map the midocean ridge?
a. satellites
b. deep-sea diving
c. submarines
d. sonar
D
In sea-floor spreading, molten
material rises from the mantle and
erupts
a. along the edges of all the
continents.
b. along mid-ocean ridges.
c. in deep-ocean trenches.
d. at the north and south poles.
B
Most geologists think that the
movement of Earth’s plates is
caused by
a. conduction.
b. earthquakes.
c. convection currents in the
mantle.
d. Earth’s magnetic field.
C
The geological theory that states
that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are
in constant, slow
motion is the theory of
a. subduction.
b. plate tectonics.
c. deep-ocean trenches.
d. sea-floor spreading.
B
A place where two plates slip past
each other, moving in opposite
directions, is known as a
a. transform boundary.
b. divergent boundary.
c. convergent boundary.
d. rift valley.
A
A collision between two pieces of
continental crust at a converging
boundary produces a
a. mid-ocean ridge.
b. deep-ocean trench
c. rift valley.
.
d. mountain range.
D
In which location would you most
likely find volcanoes?
a. far from plate boundaries
b. along transform boundaries
c. where two continental plates
collide
d. along mid-ocean ridges and
where a plate is subducted
D
The main factor that accounts for
the difference between quiet and
explosive volcanic eruptions is
a. the size of the volcano’s magma
chamber.
b. the iron content of the magma.
c. the age of the volcano.
d. the silica content of the magma.
D
Before lava reaches the surface, the
molten material is called
a. rock.
c. volcanic ash.
b. magma. d. liquid fire.
B
The main hazard from a quiet
volcanic eruption is
a. volcanic gases.
b. lava flows
c. geysers.
.
d. pyroclastic flows.
B
What provides the force that causes
magma to erupt to the surface?
a. the silica in the magma
b. dissolved gases trapped in the
magma
c. gravity in the lithosphere
d. the density of the magma
B
If geologists detect many small
earthquakes in the area near a
volcano, what can they infer about
the volcano?
a. It is dormant.
b. It is probably about to erupt.
c. It is extinct.
d. It is a good source of
geothermal energy.
B
Tall, cone-shaped mountains in
which layers of lava alternate with
layers of ash are called
a. shield volcanoes.
b. cinder cone volcanoes
c. composite volcanoes.
.
d. lava plateaus.
C
A major volcanic belt known as
the _________________________
circles the Pacific Ocean.
a. Ring of Fire
b. lava plateau
c. cinder cone volcanoes
d. Shield of Fire
A
The bowl-shaped area around a
volcano’s central vent is called a(n)
____________________.
a. cinder cone
b. batholith c .volcanic neck
d. crater
D
A mass of rock that forms when a
large body of magma cools inside
the crust is called a(n)
____________________.
a. Dike
b. Sill
c. Batholith
d. Shield Volcano
C
A string of islands known as a(n)
____________________ can form
from the collision of two oceanic
plates.
a. island arc
b. island sill
c. island caldera
d. island plateau
A
Volcanoes that form along a midocean ridge occur at a(n)
diverging plate boundary.
. A pyroclastic flow typically occurs
during a(n) _____eruption.
EXPLOSIVE
A(n) _____volcano is erupting or
may erupt in the near future.
ACTIVE
Ash, cinders, and bombs build up
in a steep pile to form______.
cinder cone