Foundations of Earth Science (9th Edition) – Test Bank by Frederick K. Lutgens, Edward J. Tarbuck & Dennis G. Tasa | ISBN 9780135851999 | Comprehensive Exam Practice Questions with Answers

Test Bank for Foundations of Earth Science,
9th Edition by Frederick K. Lutgens, Edward
J. Tarbuck, and Dennis G. Tasa (ISBN:
9780135851999)




TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Introduction to Earth Science

UNIT I - EARTH MATERIALS
1. Matter and Minerals
2. Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth

, UNIT II - FORCES WITHIN
3. Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds
4. Restless Earth: Earthquakes and Mountain Building
5. Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity

UNIT III - SCULPTING EARTH'S SURFACE
6. Landscapes Fashioned by Water
7. Glacial and Arid Landscapes

UNIT IV - DECIPHERING EARTH'S HISTORY
8. Geologic Time

UNIT V - THE GLOBAL OCEAN
9. Oceans: The Last Frontier
10. The Restless Ocean

UNIT VI - EARTH'S DYNAMIC ATMOSPHERE
11. Heating the Atmosphere
12. Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation
13. The Atmosphere in Motion
14. Weather Patterns and Severe Weather

UNIT VII - EARTH'S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
15. The Nature of the Solar System
16. Beyond Our Solar System

CHAPTER NO. 01: MATTER AND MINERALS

1.1 Multiple Choice Questions

1) Which of the following best defines the relationship between minerals and rocks?
A) A rock has an orderly, repetitive, geometrical, internal arrangement of minerals; a mineral is a
lithified or consolidated aggregate of rocks.
B) A mineral consists of atoms arranged in a geometrically repetitive structure; in a rock, the atoms
are randomly bonded without any geometric pattern.
C) In a mineral, atoms are bonded in a regular, repetitive, internal structure; a rock is a lithified or
consolidated aggregate of mineral grains.
D) A rock consists of atoms bonded in a regular, geometrically predictable arrangement; a mineral
is a consolidated aggregate of rock particles.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2, G7
Section: 1.1 Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks
Focus/Concepts: 1.1
ESLI: 1.2 Earth scientists use a large variety of scientific principles to understand how our planet
works.

,2) All of the atoms making up any given element have the same number of ________.
A) electrons in the nucleus
B) protons in the nucleus
C) neutrons in the outer nuclear shell
D) electrons in the outermost valence shell
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 1.2 Atoms: Building Blocks of Minerals
Focus/Concepts: 1.2
ESLI: 1.2 Earth scientists use a large variety of scientific principles to understand how our planet
works.

3) Atoms that have an electrical charge due to a gain or loss of electrons are called ________.
A) ions
B) isotopes
C) isochrons
D) neutrons
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 1.3 How Atoms Bond to Form Minerals
Focus/Concepts: 1.3
ESLI: 1.2 Earth scientists use a large variety of scientific principles to understand how our planet
works.

4) When in contact with hydrochloric acid, which mineral gives off bubbles of carbon dioxide gas?
A) quartz
B) halite
C) calcite
D) fluorite
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G7
Section: 1.2 Atoms: Building Blocks of Minerals
Focus/Concepts: 1.2
ESLI: 1.3 Earth science investigations take many different forms.

5) The appearance or quality of light reflected from the surface of a mineral is known as ________.
A) cleavage
B) luster
C) specific gravity
D) streak
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding

, Global Sci Out: G7
Section: 1.4 Properties of Minerals
Focus/Concepts: 1.4
ESLI: 1.3 Earth science investigations take many different forms.

6) Which common mineral is composed entirely of silicon and oxygen?
A) calcite
B) diamond
C) olivine
D) quartz
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 1.5 Mineral Groups
Focus/Concepts: 1.5
ESLI: 1.3 Earth science investigations take many different forms.

7) Which of the following silicate minerals is the most abundant in Earth's crust?
A) pyroxene
B) olivine
C) garnet
D) feldspars
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G7
Section: 1.5 Mineral Groups
Focus/Concepts: 1.5
ESLI: 4.6 Earth materials take many different forms as they cycle through the geosphere.

8) Which of the following minerals is a silicate (a mineral containing a silicon-bearing ion)?
A) hematite
B) feldspar
C) calcite
D) halite
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G7
Section: 1.5 Mineral Groups
Focus/Concepts: 1.5
ESLI: 4.6 Earth materials take many different forms as they cycle through the geosphere.