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Primero Ciencias Naturales Quiz on The Geosphere, created by Lourdes Mora Arévalo on 19/01/2021.

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The Geosphere

The Geosphere

Question 1 of 28

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Whar is the Geosphere?

Select one or more of the following:

  • It is the solid part of the Earth.

  • It is the liquid part of the Earth.

  • It is the gaseous part of the Earth.

Explanation

Question 2 of 28

1

How many main layers form the Geosphere?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 6

  • 3

  • 5

Explanation

Question 3 of 28

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What is the layer that cover the Earth's surface?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Mantle

  • Core

  • Crust

Explanation

Question 4 of 28

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What are the rights options about the CRUST? (2 options are correct)

Select one or more of the following:

  • The Continental Crust is 200 million years old.

  • The Continental Crust is 1 billion years old.

  • The Oceanic Crust is 1 billion years old.

  • The Oceanic Crust is composed by rocks (granite, clay and slate).

  • The Continental Crust is formed by continental self, continents and islands.

Explanation

Question 5 of 28

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What are the rights options about the MANTLE? (3 options are correct)

Select one or more of the following:

  • The density of this layer not varies.

  • It is formed mainly by peridot.

  • The Lower Mantle is the densest layer and contains materials in a solid state.

  • The Upper Mantle is the densest layer and contains materials in a solid state.

  • The Upper Mantle is solid, but there are some areas of liquid or molten rocks.

Explanation

Question 6 of 28

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What are the rights options about the CORE? (3 options are correct)

Select one or more of the following:

  • It is formed mainly by iron and nickel.

  • This isn't the densest layer.

  • In the Inner Core the materials are solid.

  • The Outer Core is the hottest layer.

  • The Outer Core is formed by molten materials and it is constantly moving.

Explanation

Question 7 of 28

1

Mark the rights characteristics about minerals.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Organic

  • Natural

  • Solid Substance

  • Non-definite chemical composition

  • Crystaline Structure

Explanation

Question 8 of 28

1

"Describes how the mineral reflects light". What optical property is?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Habit

  • Streak

  • Colour

  • Lustre

Explanation

Question 9 of 28

1

"It is the colour of the power produced when a mineral is scratched". What optical property is?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Habit

  • Streak

  • Colour

  • Lustre

Explanation

Question 10 of 28

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"Some minerals have a very characteristic colour". What optical property is?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Habit

  • Streak

  • Colour

  • Lustre

Explanation

Question 11 of 28

1

"Some minerals have very characteristic shapes that reflect theri crystaline structure". What optical property is?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Habit

  • Streak

  • Colour

  • Lustre

Explanation

Question 12 of 28

1

"Describes how easily a mineral breaks". What mechanical property is?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Hardness

  • Cleavage

  • Tenacity

Explanation

Question 13 of 28

1

"Describes a mineral resistance to scratching". What mechanical property is?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Hardness

  • Cleavage

  • Tenacity

Explanation

Question 14 of 28

1

"Describes the way a mineral breaks". What mechanical property is?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Hardness

  • Cleavage

  • Tenacity

Explanation

Question 15 of 28

1

"Some materials attract objects that contains iron and nickel". What type of property is?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Optical property

  • Mechanical property

  • Magnetic property

  • Other properties

Explanation

Question 16 of 28

1

"Describes how a mineral reacts to light". What mineral property is?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Transparency

  • Density

Explanation

Question 17 of 28

1

"Describes the relation between the mass and volume of a mineral". What mineral property is?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Transparency

  • Density

Explanation

Question 18 of 28

1

What are the most abundant minerals into the Earth's Crust? (3 options are correct?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Uranite

  • Gold

  • Quartz

  • Glass

  • Gypsum

Explanation

Question 19 of 28

1

Rocks are natural aggregates made up of one or various different minerals.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 28

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Mark the rights options about IGNEOUS ROCKS. (2 options are correct)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Volcanic igneous rocks are formed outside the Crust.

  • Extrusive igneous rocks are formed inside the Crust.

  • Plutonic igneous rocks are formed inside the Crust.

  • Intrusive rocks are formed outside the Crust.

Explanation

Question 21 of 28

1

The formation of sedimentary rocks by compactation is when sediments lose water and forms cystals.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 22 of 28

1

The formation of sedimentary rocks by cementation is when sediments lose volume.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 28

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It is made up of other rocks like conglomerates, sandstone and clay.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Detrital sedimentary rocks.

  • Non-detrital sedimentary rocks.

Explanation

Question 24 of 28

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It isn't made of fragments of other rocks. They are made up of sediments from skeletons of marine live or mineral salts.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Detrital sedimentary rocks.

  • Non-detrital sedimentary rocks.

Explanation

Question 25 of 28

1

The metamorphism is the process that changes a rock into a different type of rock.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 28

1

The minerals are arrannged to form parallel layers like slate, schist, gneiss and migmatite.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Foliated metamorphic rocks.

  • Non-foliated metamorphic rocks.

Explanation

Question 27 of 28

1

The minerals aren't arranged in layers like marble and quartzite.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Foliated metamorphic rocks.

  • Non-foliated metamorphic rocks.

Explanation

Question 28 of 28

1

Some rocks can be transformed into any other type of rock.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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