Renewable/Nonrenewable recources
Most driveways are made from cement. What nonrenewable resource make cement?
A. Limestone
B. Coal
C. Silicon
D. Phosphate
A. Limestone
If you see a picture of an active volcano, what kind of rock is being formed.
A. Sedimentary
B. Metamorphic
C. Igneous
C. Igneous
The United States has used fossil fuels for years to power machines and heat our homes. Why is using fossil fuels a disadvantage.
A. Fossil Fuels are hard to use.
B. Fossil Fuels do not produce enough heat.
C. Fossil Fuels produce a lot of water
D. Fossil Fuels are a nonrenewable resource.
. Fossil Fuels are a nonrenewable resource.
Plants can cause weathering of a rock. How can this happen?
A. They can push rocks below Earth's surface with their roots.
B. They can grow in cracks in sidewalks causing the concrete to break apart.
C. They can move rocks from one place to another.
D. They can wear rocks down slowly over a long period of time.
B. They can grow in cracks in sidewalks causing the concrete to break apart.
The class is testing the physical properties of minerals. We used a nail, a penny and a fingernail. We noticed that the nail scratched the mineral but the fingernail did not. What physical property was the class testing?
A. Steak
B. Hardness
C. Luster
D. Cleavage
B. Hardness
What Florida nonrenewable resource is used to make computer chips.
A. Bones
B. Silicon
C. Limestone
D. Oil
B. Silicon
What type of rock is formed from intense heat and pressure.
A. Metamorphic
B. Feldspar
C. Igneous
D. Sedimentary
A. Metamorphic
You are assigned a Venn diagram about physical weather and erosion. Which statement is true about erosion but not about weathering?
A. They both affect the surface of the Earth.
B. They both change the appearance of the landscape
C. They both involve the movement of rock to a new place.
D. They both can be caused by wind and water.
D.
C. They both involve the movement of rock to a new place.
An arch landform is created when wind picks up sand and bits of rock and blows them against another rock. This action causes bits to break off the rock and blow away, carving an arch. Which of these processes caused the arch to form.
A. Weathering and erosion
B. Weathering and condensation
C. Erosion and deposition
D. Deposition and weathering
A. Weathering and erosion
What characteristics identify the physical properties of minerals?
A. Density, weight, buoyancy
B. Streak, size, temperature
C. Color, hardness, streak
D. Luster, height, length
C. Color, hardness, streak
Phosphate is a Florida nonrenewable resource that is a form of salt and used to make detergents?
A. True
B. False
A. True
Which of the following statements is true about all rocks.
A. They all contain the minerals quartz and feldspar.
B. Most rocks are made up of large quartz crystals.
C. They are all made up of one or more minerals.
D. All rocks have pieces of granite in them.
C. They are all made up of one or more minerals.
Water and air are natural sources of energy and cause motion. Which of the following objects use water to produce electrical energy?
A. A turbine
B. A power tower
C. A dam
C. A dam
Which of the following is not an example of erosion?
A. A. Wind picks up sediment from one sand dune and moves it to build up along the side of a house.
B. Waves wash up on a sandy beah and carry the sand further down the beach.
C. Water seeps into a rock, it freezes, and then breaks the rock into smaller pieces.
D. A glacier slowly moves sediment as a it scrapes down the side of a mountain.
C. Water seeps into a rock, it freezes, and then breaks the rock into smaller pieces.
Which of the following statements are true about fossil fuels. (two are correct)
A. Fossil fuesl are nonrenewable resources that include the Sun, coal, natural gas and oil.
B. Fossil fuels are being used up faster than they can be replace.
C. Fossil fuels are formed from molten rock near the Earth's surface.
D. Fossil fuesl are the main source of energy in the United States.
B and D
What type of resource are air, water, trees.
A. Renewable
B. Nonrenewable
A. Renewable
When testing two minerals using a steak plate, both minerals have a pale yellow steak. What could you conclude.
A. They could be same mineral
B. They both have dull luster.
C. They most likely are the same color.
D. They could be the same mineral.
D. They could be the same mineral.
Only running water can be used as a source of energy.
A. True
B. False
A. True
How do weathering and erosion differ.
A. Weathering moves rock without breaking them, while erosion breaks rocks apart before moving them.
B. Weathering moves rocks and sediment from place to place, while erosion breaks rocks apart.
C. Weathering breaks rocks apart, while erosion moves rocks or sediment from place to place.
D. Weathering is a much quicker process than erosion.
B. Weathring breaks rocks apart, while erosion moves rocks or sediment from place to place.
What color of a mineral's poder is called its.
A. Streak
B. Luster
C. Density
D. Hardness
A. Streak
We have been using electricity to power our homes for the last 100 years. There are several resources used for this purpose. Water, coal, the Sun and wind. Which of these is nonrenewable.
A. the Sun
B. water
C. coal
D. wind
C. coal
The class is making ovservations of samples of minerals. What terms could we use to describe the luster of our minerals.
A. Glassy and metallic
B. Metallic and stripped
C. Earthy and coarse
D. Grainy and rough
A. Glassy and metallic
Florida's nickname is The Sunshine State because Sunshine is very abundant here. What kind of a resource is the Sun.
A. scarce
B. fossil
C. nonrenewable
D. renewable
D. renewable
What is luster and how is it described?
A. Does it break smoothly or not.
B. The ability to reflect light.
C. The hardness of a mineral
A. The ability to reflect light.