PS 3rd Quarter CSA

A mineral was found that can be scratched by quartz but not fluorite. It is green in color but has a colorless streak. What mineral is it?

• Bauxite

• Garnet

• Hornblende

• Feldspar

This mineral can be scratched by hornblende but is harder than sulfur. It is pink with a white streak. What is it?

• Dolomite

• Gypsum

• Feldspar

• Chromite

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Choose the number where the following description best fits:  Great heat from the center of the Earth causes melting.

• 1

• 3

• 4

• 5

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Choose the number where the following description best fits:  Hot lava cools.

• 1

• 3

• 4

• 5

Which city is located at 38 degrees north and 120 degrees west?

• San Fransisco

• New York

• New Orleans

• London

0 degrees latitude; an imaginary line that runs around the middle of Earth, like a belt

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Capricorn

How many individual peaks are seen on the map? (hill tops)

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

• recycling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of rock might contain holes from gases of quickly cooled lava? 

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

What is the chemical formula for water?

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1