Name __________________________________ Period _________ Date ____________________________
Grading Period 4 CCA Review
1. What is the formula for finding the density of something?___________________________________
2. “M over V”, means: (choose the BEST answer)
A. The largest number should be divided
C. The Volume should be divided by the
by the smallest number, ALWAYS!
Mass.
B. The Mass should be multiplied by the
D. The Mass should be divided by the
Volume.
Volume.
3. To find the volume of an irregular solid, I should:
A. Multiply Length by Width by Height.
B. Subtract the mass of an empty graduated cylinder from the mass of a graduated cylinder plus
the volume of liquid.
C. Drop the object in a graduated cylinder containing a certain amount of water and note the new
water level, then subtract the new water level from the first water volume.
D. Place the object on a metric scale and record the number.
4. Using the answers from number 3, which would be the best method to find the mass of a liquid?
5. Using the answers from number 3, which would be the best method to find the volume of a regularly shaped solid?
6. How does density help us to identify minerals?
7. a. What are the characteristics which help us identify minerals?
b. What are the two major types of luster
c. What is cleavage?
d. How do you test the streak of a mineral?
e. How do you test the hardness of a mineral?
8. a. What is a mineral?
b. How do rocks differ from minerals?
9. How are igneous rocks formed?
10. a. What are the names of the two classes of igneous rocks?
b. Which forms from magma?
Which forms from lava?
c. How is their appearance (the way they look) different ?
11. a. Can an igneous rock become another igneous rock? ___________ How?
b. Can an igneous rock become a metamorphic rock?
How?
c. Can an igneous rock become a sedimentary rock? ____________ How?
12. Name and describe the process which forms sediments.
13. Describe Erosion and Deposition.
14. The two processes which cause sediments to become rocks are __________________ and _____________________.
15. a. Can a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock? _______________ How?
Name __________________________________ Period _________ Date ____________________________
b. Can a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock? _____________ How?
c. Can a sedimentary rock become another sedimentary rock? __________ How?
16. Sedimentary rocks are known for having horizontal _______________________.
17. a. What are fossils?
b. Why are fossils found only in sedimentary rock?
c. How do fossils help scientists?
18. Metamorphic rocks form when rocks undergo extreme ___________________ and __________________________.
19. a. How are metamorphic rocks different from igneous rocks?
b. How are metamorphic rocks different from sedimentary rocks?
20. What does the Rock Cycle represent?
21. Draw the rock cycle on another sheet of paper.
22. List the most abundant elements in the Earth’s Atmosphere and their percentage of abundance by mass:
***Which element makes this list stand out from the other three lists? ________________________
23. List the most abundant elements in the Earth’s Oceans and their percentage of abundance by mass:
***Which element makes the most abundant elements of the oceans stand out from all the other lists? _____________
24. List the most abundant elements in the Earth’s crust and their percentage of abundance by mass:
***Which element makes the most abundant elements of the Crust stand out from all the other lists?_______________
25. List the most abundant elements in the Earth’s Life forms and their percentage of abundance by mass:
***Which element makes the most abundant elements of the Life forms stand out from the other lists?_____________
26. List the four layers of the Earth from the center of the Earth to the Surface of the Earth.
27. a. Which of the 4 layers of the Earth is the thickest?______________________
b. Which of the 4 layers of the Earth is the thinnest?__________________________
c. Which of the 4 layers is the hottest?________________________________
d. Which of the 4 layers is liquid? ____________________________
e. Which of the 4 layers is so HOT that it should be a liquid, but isn’t because of the intense pressure? ____________
f. Which layers are solid? _______________________, _________________________, _____________________
g. Which layer is solid, but is able to move like a liquid? (It has convection currents.) _______________________
28. What are the parts of the Earth’s Crust? ________________________ and ____________________
29. What is the Lithosphere?
30. What is the Asthenosphere?