Abeka Science Earth and Space
(Quarter Exam) Test 3
what is the most valuable precious metal? - ✔✔platinum
What type of volcano is broad and gently sloping with mil eruptions? - ✔✔shield volcano
What term describes r
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Abeka Science Earth and Space
(Quarter Exam) Test 3
what is the most valuable precious metal? - ✔✔platinum
What type of volcano is broad and gently sloping with mil eruptions? - ✔✔shield volcano
What term describes rocks that bend downward during the folding process to form a trough-like
structure? - ✔✔syncline
What is the point on he earth's surface directly above where an earthquake begins? -
✔✔epicenter
What are large pieces of solid volcanic ejecta that solidify before being ejected from the
volcano? - ✔✔volcanic blocks
What is a soil substance composed of decayed organisms's particles? - ✔✔humus
Which one of the following nutrients do plants need for cell division, growth, and maturity? -
✔✔phosphorus
What is the logic error in which someone assumes a change in one factor caused a change in
another factor only because the second change occurred after the first? - ✔✔Post hoc fallacy
What term describes the way light is reflected from the surface of a mineral? - ✔✔luster
What type of volcanic ejecta is lava hardened to form either a smooth surface or a ropy surface? -
✔✔pahoehoe
What type of rock forms when magma solidifies? - ✔✔igneous
What type of mining involves miners removing pillars in a specific order to allow the least stress
on the walls and ceiling of the mine? - ✔✔retreat mining
What are smaller earthquakes that follow a large earthquake for days or months? -
✔✔aftershocks
What is the layer of solid rock below the soil? - ✔✔bedrock
What are deposits of sand, mineral fragments, or organic materials usually left by wind or water?
- ✔✔sediments
What is the fastest type of earthquake wave? - ✔✔P Wave
A group in an experiment on which a test is performed is called what kind of group? -
✔✔experimental
Minerals are rated from softest to hardest on a scale of 1 to 10 using the _________scale of
hardness. - ✔✔Mohs
The narrow zone of active volcanoes that nearly encircles the Pacific basin is the
___________________. - ✔✔RIng of Fire
Lacey performed several experiments to test how temperature affects the growth rate of artificial
crystals, Based on her results, she came to the conclusion that crystals grow faster in warmer
temperatures. This is an example of what type of reasoning? - ✔✔Inductive
The idea that undisturbed sedimentary strata lie in the order they were laid down in is the law of
what? - ✔✔Superposition
What group of minerals contain fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine? - ✔✔halides
What large group of minerals contain silicon and oxygen? - ✔✔silicates
What is the rocky surface layer of the earth? - ✔✔crust
A soil sample was tested and had a PH value of 8. What term best describes this soil? - ✔✔basic
Which method for reducing earthquake damage involves placing buildings on movable "stilts"
that absorb the earthquake energy? - ✔✔base-isolated systems
what type of limestone forms from calcium-containing plankton remains? - ✔✔chalk limestone
What type of rock forms when layers of small particles laid down by water are hardened into
rock? - ✔✔sedimentary rock
What is the final step of metallurgy? - ✔✔shaping
What structure ejects solid materials from a volcano? - ✔✔vent
In what type of fault do the rocks along one side more horizontally along the fault? - ✔✔strikeslip fault
What is the plastic rock in the lower portion of the upper mantal on which plates float? -
✔✔asthenosphere
What is the layer of either porous rock or a gravel-soil mixture that can hold water? - ✔✔aquifer
What term describes magma bulging overlying rocks upward to produce a dome-like intrusion? -
✔✔laccolith
What is the primary factor that determines the texture of igneous rocks? - ✔✔rate of cooling
Which process of manufacturing artificial crystals involves a seed crystal and nutrient material in
high pressure vessel? - ✔✔hydrothermal synthesis
What type of volcano will probabbly never erupt again? - ✔✔extinct volcano
Which of the following can earthquake waves help us study? - ✔✔Earth's Interior
What is considered the most reliable method for mathematically measuring an earthquake's
strength - ✔✔moment magnitude scale
What is the most reflective metal? - ✔✔Silver
What is the reddish-orange metal that is a good conductor of electricity? - ✔✔Copper
What is the metal used in radiation shielding, automobile batteries, and small-arms ammunition -
✔✔lead
What is the green form of beryl - ✔✔Emerald
What is the red variety of corundum? - ✔✔ruby
What is the metal refined using blast furnaces? - ✔✔iron
What scale is used to measure the explosiveness of a volcanic eruption? - ✔✔Volcanic
Explosivity System
Magnetite is a magnetic mineral that is used as a source of the metal iron. It is composed of iron
bonded to oxygen, is black in color and has cubic crystals. What mineral group contains
magnetite? - ✔✔oxides
What is a model of a design used for testing called? - ✔✔prototype
What is the minimum number of seismometers that must detect an earthquake for the
earthquake's exact location to be determined? - ✔✔3
What type of mountain formed when molten rock erupted from a hole in the earth's crust? -
✔✔volcanic mountain
In logic, what is a statement of fact called? - ✔✔proposition
What group of metamorphic rocks are made up of layers like the leaves of a book - ✔✔foliated
rocks
What is the general term for a mass of volcanic rock beneath the surface? - ✔✔igneous intrusion
What type of soil bacteria concert atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen-containing compounds? -
✔✔nitrogen-fixing bacteria
what is the most common igneous rock, which covers much of the ocean floor? - ✔✔Basalt
What is the organic sedimentary rock that is a fossil fuel? - ✔✔Coal
What is the rock that consists of smooth pebbles embedded in hardened sand or clay? -
✔✔Conglomerate Rock
What is fine-grained sedimentary rock known for its ability to be split into thin layers? -
✔✔Shale
What is the streaked metamorphic rock produced from limestone? - ✔✔Marble
The rarest, most durable, and most beautiful minerals are called what? - ✔✔precious stones
When multiple scientists test the same scientific idea in different ways and all come to the same
conclusion, the idea has what? - ✔✔reproducibility
The earthquake zone that includes the San Andreas Fault is called what? - ✔✔Circum-Pacific
Belt
A variable in an experiment that is the same in all the groups is what type of variable? -
✔✔controled variable
The mineral that remains glowing after being exposed to ultraviolet light and then placed in the
dark exhibits what type of light? - ✔✔phosphorescense
An artificial gemstone that looks like a natural gemstone but has different chemical and physical
properties is what type of gemstone? - ✔✔simulant
Consider the following statements:"If a process breaks rocks into smaller pieces, then it is a form
of weathering, Ice wedging is a process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces. Therefore ice
wedging is a form of weathering." The type of deductive reasoning used in this example is what?
- ✔✔affirming the antecedent
The type of metamorphism that results when rocks are baked by contact with hot magma is what
type of metamorphism? - ✔✔contact metamorphism
water underneath the soil's surface is called what? - ✔✔ground water
A line of powder left by a mineral when it is rubbed across unglazed porcelain is called what? -
✔✔streak
The general term for any nourishing substance is called what? - ✔✔nutrient
Clara is using the scientific method to determine whether dissolved sugar affects water's freezing
point. She prepared two beakers with the same amount of water and added sugar to only one
beaker - ✔✔record and analyze data
A 1 cm3 sample of water has a mass of 1g. A 5 cm3 sample of sylvite has a mass of 10g What is
the specific gravity of the sylvite? - ✔✔2
A scientist is testing samples of anhydrite, chromite, pyrite, and zircon to determine their
hardness. List them in order of hardness. - ✔✔Zircon, pyrite, chromite, and anhydrite
Predict what would happen if too many denitrifying bacteria were present in the soil. - ✔✔Plants
wold grow slower because of insufficient nitrogen
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