ES TEST 2
Name _________________
Hint: for question below, what would the elevation
at sea level be?
The Earth rotates in _____
A. One day
B. One year
C. One month
D. One hour
.
If you have 6 ml of a substance and it weighs 12 grams, what
is it’s Density?
A. 2 g/cm3
B. .5 g/cm3
C. 72 g/ml
D. .2 g/ml
If all are the same material, Which has more Density?
A.
C
B
D. All are equal
Where is most of the Earth’s water located?
A. lake
B. under the earth’s surface
C. ocean
D. in the Amazon
A measure of gravitational force on an object is
A. weight
B. balance
C. gravity
D. mass
A measure of how compact something is is called
it’s….
A. weight
B. balance
C. gravity
D. Density
What is mass?
A. the amount of space a substance occupies
B. the amount of matter in a substance
C. the measure of gravitational force on an
object
D. distance from one point to another
How are latitude and longitude lines drawn on a
globe of Earth?
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.
The system of lines used to locate a certain place
on Earth are called...
a.
b.
c.
d.
latitude systems
coordinate systems
great circle systems
axis system
Which reference line passes through both the
geographic North Pole and the geographic South
Pole?
a.
b.
c.
d.
0° latitude
0° longitude
Tropic of Cancer (23.5°N)
Tropic of Capricorn (23.5°S)
A map that uses special lines called contour lines to
show mountains and other land features is known as a:
a. bathymetric map.
b. topographic map.
c. geologic map.
d. contour map.
What is the elevation of point Z?
a.
b.
c.
d.
190 m
220 m
240 m
250 m
Mill River generally flows toward the
1.
2.
3.
4.
southeast
southwest
northeast
northwest
Contour lines on a topographic map that are close
together indicate that:
a. the land slopes gradually.
b. the land is very steep.
c. the elevation is very high.
d. the elevation is very low.
. A map that uses special lines called contour lines to
show mountains and other land features is known as a:
a. bathymetric map.
b. topographic map.
c. geologic map.
d. contour map.
On a map, the height of an object measured from sea
level is known as:
a. contour.
b. topography.
c. elevation.
d. scale.
On a topographic map, elevation is shown by which
feature?
a. Contour lines
b. Scale
c. Fractional scale
d. Legend
What is the lowest elevation shown on the
topographic map in Figure 8-2A?
a. 0 ft
b. 15 ft
c. 30 ft
d. 60 ft
What is the highest elevation shown on the
topographic map in Figure 8-2A?
a. 0 ft
b. 15 ft
c. 30 ft
d. 60 ft
What mineral has a cubic cleavage?
a. Calcite
b. Mica
c. Quartz
d. Halite
What mineral has a Rhomboidal Cleavage?
Which type of mineral dissolve is acid?
a. Calcite
a. Silicates
b. Mica
b. Carbonates
c. Quartz
c. Sulfides
d. Halite
d. Halides
What mineral has a planar cleavage?
How a mineral reflect light is called it’s ________
a. Calcite
a. hardness
b. Mica
b. streak
c. Quartz
c. luster
d. Halite
d. specific gravity
What mineral has fracture?
a. Calcite
b. Mica
c. Quartz
d. Halite
How resistant a mineral is to being scratched is called
it’s ______________
a. hardness
b. streak
c. luster
What are the most common types of minerals?
a. Silicates
d. specific gravity
The color of the powder a mineral leaves on a
porcelain plate is it’s _____________
b. Carbonates
a. hardness
c. Sulfides
b. streak
d. Halides
c. luster
d. specific gravity
What type of mineral is Calcite?
What is at 0 degrees longitude?
a. Silicates
a. IDL
b. Carbonates
b. Prime meridian
c. Sulfides
c. Equator
d. Halides
d. Tropic of Cancer