Study Guide for Science Unit 1 Assessment
Name: __________________________
1.
Label the Earth’s layers
2.
What is contained in each of the earth’s layers?
3.
If we compared a hardboiled egg to the Earth, what does the eggshell represent?
4.
How are rocks classified?
5.
Definition of a mineral. What are the building blocks of rocks?
6.
Know the 3 types of rocks and how they are formed:
a. Igneousb. Sedimentaryc. Metamorphic-
7. Know the 4 different areas where rocks can form.
8. Know the difference between cleavage and fracture.
9.
Why are fossils only found in sedimentary rocks and not found in the other types of rocks?
10. What is the difference in organic and inorganic?
11. Rocks in the Grand Canyon are in layers, what type of rock is this?
12. What type of rock has flattened or parallel layers?
13. Know what extrusive and intrusive rocks are.
14. What is the lithosphere composed of?
15. What is the asthenosphere?
16. Know the five characteristics of a mineral.
17. What technology do scientists use to know about the interior of the earth?
18. Know the rock cycle.