Student Unit assessment: Earth

1. Are Earths insides hotter or colder than Earths surface?

a. The insides are hotter than the surface.
b. The insides are colder than the surface.
c. The insides are the same temperature as the surface.
d. It depends on the season.

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2. How long does it take to make fossil fuels?

a. Tens of years.
b. Hundreds of years.
c. Thousands of years.
d. Millions of years.

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3. Label each resource as renewable or nonrenewable.

Renewable Nonrenewable
Wood
Fossil fuels
Wind
4. Place a mark next to the statement that is true for each kind of rock.
Igneous rock Sedimentary rock Metamorphic rock
Rock that is
changed by heat and
pressure
Rock that forms
from melted rock
Rock formed from
little bits of other
rocks

5. Place a mark next to each statement that is true for weathering and each that is true for
erosion.
Weathering Erosion
Is the breaking of rock into *
smaller pieces
Occurs when dirt is carried *
away
Can be caused by water * *

6. There are thousands of common minerals.

a. True
b. False

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7. The property luster describes what about a mineral?

a. How the mineral breaks
b. How shiny the mineral is
c. How hard the mineral is
d. What color the mineral is

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8. Good soil takes a long time to form.
a. True
b. False

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9. It is not necessary to conserve water because most of Earth is covered with water.
a. True
b. False

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10. Fossils are dinosaur bones.

a. True
b. False

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11. Most living things leave behind fossils.
a. True
b. False

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12. Where do mountain ranges form?

a. Where plates are crashing together
b. Where plates are pulling apart
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above

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13. Earths surface is made up of a single rigid piece.

a. True
b. False

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14. Which processes build up landforms, and which break landforms down?
Process Builds up landforms Breaks down landforms
Erosion
Uplift
Volcanic eruption
Weathering
15. Which of the following is NOT a major cause of erosion?
a. Glaciers
b. Wind
c. Pollution
d. Water

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16. Which of the following natural resources cannot be readily replaced?

a. Wood
b. Aluminum
c. Coal
d. Sunshine

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17. The diversity of living things is a natural resource.

a. True
b. False

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18. Place a mark beneath each fact that is true for each layer of Earth.
Mostly rock Mostly metal Made of liquid Thinnest layer
Crust
Mantle
Outer core
Inner core

19. Islands float on the oceans waters.

a. True
b. False

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20. Rocks tend to remain the same over time.

a. True
b. False

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