Froiland's Rocks And Minerals
This is a 8th grade test of rocks and minerals, scientific skills, archeology.
- 1.What do we call the land part of our planet?
- A.
Atmosphere
- B.
Biosphere
- C.
Hydrosphere
- D.
Lithosphere
- 2.What do we call the gases that surround earth?
- A.
Atmosphere
- B.
Biosphere
- C.
Hydrosphere
- D.
Lithosphere
- 3.What do we call the water and ice of earth?
- A.
Atmosphere
- B.
Biosphere
- C.
Hydrosphere
- D.
Lithosphere
- 4.What do we call the living parts of Earth?
- A.
Atmosphere
- B.
Biosphere
- C.
Hydrosphere
- D.
Lithosphere
- 5.What is the center most part of earth called?
- A.
Core
- B.
Crust
- C.
Mantle
- 6.What is the middle, molten layer of earth called?
- A.
Core
- B.
Crust
- C.
Mantle
- 7.What is the outermost layer of the earth (part we live on)?
- A.
Core
- B.
Crust
- C.
Mantle
- 8.What is a set of learned values, beliefs and behaviors of a society?
- A.
Artifact
- B.
Chronology
- C.
Context
- D.
Culture
- E.
Evidence
- 9.Any object made or used by a human, is called a(n) ________________.
- A.
Artifact
- B.
Chronology
- C.
Context
- D.
Culture
- E.
Evidence
- 10.Data which scientists use to prove a point, is ________________.
- A.
Artifact
- B.
Chronology
- C.
Context
- D.
Culture
- E.
Evidence
- 11.___________________ is the arrangement of events in the order they occurred.
- A.
Artifact
- B.
Chronology
- C.
Context
- D.
Culture
- E.
Evidence
- 12._______________ is the relationship artifacts have to one another and the situation in which they're found.
- A.
Artifact
- B.
Chronology
- C.
Context
- D.
Culture
- E.
Evidence
- 13.An ancient garbage mound is a ______________.
- A.
Flake
- B.
Midden
- C.
Sherd
- D.
Subsistence
- 14.Tasks people perform to obtain food to live is known as _________________.
- A.
Flake
- B.
Midden
- C.
Sherd
- D.
Subsistence
- 15.________________ is a broken piece of pottery.
- A.
Flake
- B.
Midden
- C.
Sherd
- D.
Subsistence
- 16.______________ is a broken piece of an ancient rock tool.
- A.
Flake
- B.
Midden
- C.
Sherd
- D.
Subsistence
- 17.Property observed when looking at the color of a mineral.
- A.
Cleavage
- B.
Color
- C.
Fracture
- D.
Luster
- E.
Streak
- 18.The color of the powder of a mineral.
- A.
Cleavage
- B.
Color
- C.
Fracture
- D.
Luster
- E.
Streak
- 19.The way light reflects off a mineral.
- A.
Cleavage
- B.
Color
- C.
Fracture
- D.
Luster
- E.
Streak
- 20.Minerals that have flat planes of breakage are said to have this property.
- A.
Cleavage
- B.
Color
- C.
Fracture
- D.
Luster
- E.
Streak
- 21.Minerals that have curved or jagged surfaces of breakage are said to have this property.
- A.
Cleavage
- B.
Color
- C.
Fracture
- D.
Luster
- E.
Streak
- 22.___________ rocks are formed by the cooling of magma.
- A.
Igneous
- B.
Metamorphic
- C.
Sedimentary
- 23._____________ rocks are formed by the layering of sediment over time.
- A.
Igneous
- B.
Metamorphic
- C.
Sedimentary
- 24._____________ rocks are formed by changing already formed rocks with extreme heat and/or pressure.
- A.
Igneous
- B.
Metamorphic
- C.
Sedimentary
- 25.________________ is molten material inside the earth.
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