Name: ____________________________ Date: ________ Pd. _____ Midterm Unit 1 Review
(A) age of the minerals in the rock (B) size of the crystals in the rock (C) way in which the rock formed (D) color of the rock
1. Nine rock samples were classified into three groups as shown in the table below.
This classification system was most likely based on the
(A) 143 × 102 km (B) 1.43 × 103 km (C) 1.43 × 105 km (D) 143 × 105 km 2. The diameter through the equator of Jupiter is
about 143,000 kilometers. What is this
distance written in scientific notation (powers of 10)?
(A) "Some of the snow on this glacier is powdery."
(B) "The rocks on this glacier are of different sizes."
(C) "There are many cracks in this glacier." (D) "Some parts of this glacier will start
melting this spring."
3. While walking on a glacier, an observer makes several statements. Which statement is an inference?
(A) Both objects will sink. (B) Both objects will float.
(C) Object A will float and object B will sink.
(D) Object B will float and object A will sink.
4. The diagrams below represent two solid objects A and B. with different densities.
What will happen when the objects are placed in a container of water (water temperature = 4°C)?
(A) 15 mL (B) 25 mL
(C) 40 mL (D) 65 mL
5. The sphere was dropped into water in a graduated cylinder as shown below.
What is the volume of the sphere?
(A) decreases (B) increases
(C) remains the same
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
7. The diagram below is a cross section of an ice-covered lake in New York State during the month of January. Points A, B, C, and D are locations at various levels in the lake. The temperature of the water at location D is 4°C.
Which graph best represents the relationship between location and density of the ice or water?
(A) inferences (B) interpretations (C) hypotheses (D) observations 8. A student is asked to classify several rocks.
For best results, the classification should be based on
9. Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below, which represents a solid material of uniform composition.
(A) less (B) greater
(C) the same
When this material is placed in a container of water, it sinks to the bottom of the container. Compared to the density of water, the density of this material is
(A) The rock scratches a glass plate.
(B) The rock was formed 100 million years ago.
(C) A balance indicates the rock's mass is 254 grams.
(D) The rock has no visible crystals and is red.
10. Which statement about a rock sample is an inference?
(A) always less (B) always greater (C) always the same
(D) sometimes less and sometimes greater 11. Compared to the density of liquid water, the
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
12. In the diagram below, letters A through D
represent the locations of four observers on the Earth's surface. Each observer has the same mass.
The gravitational force is strongest between the center of the Earth and the observer at location
(A) The rock is less dense than the liquid. (B) The rock is more dense than the liquid. (C) The rock and the liquid have the same
density.
13. The diagram below shows a glass jar
containing a clear liquid and a floating rock.
Which conclusion about the relative density of the rock and the liquid is true?
(A) corundum (B) galena (C) hematite (D) quartz
14. The data table below shows the density of four different mineral samples.
A student accurately measured the mass of a sample of one of the four minerals to be 294.4 grams and its volume to be 73.6 cm3. Which mineral sample did the student measure?
(A) a circle
(B) a perfect sphere (C) an oblate sphere (D) an eccentric ellipse
15. The Earth's actual shape is most correctly described as
(A) 8 cm3 and 0.5 g/cm3 (B) 8 cm3 and 1.0 g/cm3 (C) 4 cm3 and 2.0 g/cm3 (D) 4 cm3 and 4.0 g/cm3
16. A rock sample has a mass of 16 grams and a volume of 8 cubic centimeters. When the rock is cut in half, what is the volume and density of each piece?
(A) 250 years (B) 350 years (C) 500 years (D) 700 years 17. Two geologic surveys of the same area,
made 50 years apart, showed that the area had been uplifted 5 centimeters during the interval. If the rate of uplift remains
(A) The sailboat is moving around the curved surface of Earth.
(B) The sailboat appears smaller as it moves farther away.
(C) The change in density of the atmosphere is causing refraction of light rays.
(D) The tide is causing an increase in the depth of the ocean.
18. The diagrams below represent photographs of a large sailboat taken through a telescope over time as the boat sailed away from shore out to sea. Each diagram shows the
magnification of the lenses and the time of day.
Which statement best explains the apparent sinking of this sailboat?
(A) a Ping-Pong ball (B) a football
(C) an egg (D) a pear
19. Which object best represents a true scale model of the shape of the Earth?
(A) troposphere (B) stratosphere (C) mesosphere (D) thermosphere 20. The ozone layer protects life on Earth by
absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation. The ozone layer is located between 17 kilometers and 35 kilometers above Earth's surface in which atmospheric temperature zone?
(A) 0.5 g (B) 2 g
(C) 18 g (D) 36 g
21. The diagram below represents a solid object with a density of 3 grams per cubic
centimeter.
What is the mass of this object?
22. Base your answer to the following question on the latitude and longitude system shown below. The map represents a part of the Earth's surface and its latitude-longitude coordinates. Points A through F represent locations in this area.
(A) Latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines meet at the poles.
(B) Latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines meet at the Equator.
(C) Longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines meet at the poles.
(D) Longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines meet at the Equator.
(A) 10 km (B) 30 km
(C) 70 km (D) 100 km
23. At what approximate altitude in the atmosphere can stratospheric ozone be found?
(A) 100ºC in the gaseous phase (B) 0ºC in the solid phase (C) 4ºC in the solid phase (D) 4ºC in the liquid phase 24. Water has the greatest density at
(A) 21% (B) 33%
(C) 46% (D) 94%
25. What is the approximate percent of oxygen by volume present in Earth’s lower
atmosphere?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
26. In the diagrams below, the dark zone at the surface of each wedge-shaped segment of the Earth represents average ocean depth. Which segment is drawn most nearly to scale?
(A) thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere
(B) troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
(C) stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere, thermosphere
(D) thermosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
28. Which bar graph best shows the percent by volume of the elements that make up Earth's hydrosphere?
(A) solid outer layer of Earth (B) liquid outer layer of Earth
(C) magma layer located below Earth's stiffer mantle
(D) gaseous layer extending several hundred kilometers from Earth into space
29. Earth's hydrosphere is best described as the
(A) 12,740 km (B) 25,000 km (C) 40,008 km (D) 40,076 km 30. The polar circumference of the Earth is
40,008 kilometers. What is the equatorial circumference?
(A) lithosphere (B) hydrosphere (C) asthenosphere (D) stiffer mantle 31. The cross section below shows a drill rig
used to collect rock samples from below Earth's surface.
(A) 10 a.m. (B) 2 p.m. (C) 3 p.m. (D) noon
32. The map below shows four major time zones of the United States. The dashed lines represent meridians of longitude. The locations of New York City and Denver are shown.
What is the time in New York City when it is noon in Denver?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
34. Base your answer to the following question on the passage and map below. The map shows sections of the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Shipwreck
In 1641, the crew of the ship Concepcion used the Sun and stars for navigation. The crew thought that the ship was just north of Puerto Rico, but ocean currents had carried them off course. The ship hit a coral reef and sank off the coast of the Dominican Republic. The Xon the map marks the location of the sunken ship.
(A) Miami, Florida (B) Kingston, Jamaica
(C) Havana, Cuba (D) San Juan, Puerto Rico
35. Base your answer to the following question on
the time-exposure photograph shown below. The photograph was taken by aiming a camera at a portion of the night sky above a New York State location and leaving the camera's shutter open for a period of time to record star trails.
(A) 5 h (B) 8 h (C) 12 h (D) 15 h
During the time exposure of the photograph, the stars appear to have moved through an arc of 120º. How many hours did this time exposure take?
(A) 43° (B) 47°
(C) 76° (D) 90º
36. What is the approximate altitude of Polaris
(A) 40° N 120° W (B) 44° N 122° W (C) 46° N 120° W (D) 48° N 116° W 37. The shaded area of the map below represents
large areas of surface basaltic bedrock in the northwestern United States.
Which location is in the shaded area of surface basaltic bedrock?
(A) 15° S 20° W (B) 15° S 20° E (C) 15° N 20° W (D) 15° N 20° E 38. The diagram below represents a portion of
the Earth's latitude and longitude system.
What are the approximate latitude and longitude of point A?
(A) 1.4 (B) 9.9
(C) 3.0 (D) 4900
39. What is the inferred pressure, in millions of atmospheres, in Earth's interior at a depth of 2900 kilometers?
(A) equator (0°) (B) North Pole (90° N)
(C) Tropic of Cancer (23.5° N) (D) Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° S)
Answer Key Midterm - Unit 1 Rw
1. C
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. D
9. B
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. A
14. A
15. C
16. C
17. D
18. A
19. A
20. B
21. C
22. A
23. B
24. D
25. A
26. A
27. B
28. A
29. B
30. D
31. A
32. B
33. A
34. A
35. B
36. A
37. C
38. C
39. A