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5 Written Questions

1. The term "iron ore" is used when the rock is sufficiently rich in iron minerals to be mined economically.
2. Rock changed in structure by heat, moisture, and pressure.
3. ny on of several substances made from various minerals, wood ashes, blast furnace dust, or the like, and used in making soap, fertilizers, and glass.
4. a solid, hard black substance that burns and gives off heat. Coal is composed mostly of carbon. It is formed from partly decayed vegetable matter under great pressure and heat in the earth.
5. all of the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the growth or development of living things.

5 Matching Questions

1. earthquake
2. salt
3. metallurgy
4. minerals
5. soil conservation

1. a a shaking or sliding of the ground. It is caused by the sudden movement of masses of rock along a fault or by changes in the size and shape of masses of rock far beneath the earth’s surface.
2. b preventing soil erosion from water and wind.
3. c a substance obtained by mining or digging in the earth.
4. d the science or art of metals. It includes the study of their properties and structure, the separation and refining of metals from their ores, the production of alloys, and the shaping and treatment of metals by heat and rolling.
5. e a white substance found in the earth and in seawater; sodium chloride; table salt. Salt is used to season and preserve food and in many industrial processes.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. belonging to the structure of the earth’s crust and to general changes in it, such as folding or faulting.
   1. environment
   2. petroleum
   3. iron ore
   4. Tectonic Movement
2. a cone-shaped hill or mountain around this opening, built up of the material that is forced out.
   1. volcano
   2. coal
   3. potash
   4. salt
3. a metallic chemical element that looks like silver and is somewhat like iron. Nickel is hard and used as an alloy and in electroplating.
   1. coal
   2. bitumen
   3. nickel
   4. Leduc
4. rocks fromed from sediment derived not only from rock fragments but also from plant and animal remains
   1. metamorphic rock
   2. sedimentary rock
   3. metallurgy
   4. igneous rock
5. the heaviest, thickest form of petroleum.
   1. Leduc
   2. potash
   3. nickel
   4. bitumen

5 True/False Question

1. Canadian Shield → a huge, rocky region that curves around Hudson Bay like a giant horseshoe. The Shield covers half the land area of Canada.
   

   True        False

2. uranium → a white substance found in the earth and in seawater; sodium chloride; table salt. Salt is used to season and preserve food and in many industrial processes.
   

   True        False

3. petrochemical → an oily, dark-colored, flammable liquid found in the earth, consisting mainly of a mixture of various hydrocarbons.
   

   True        False

4. petroleum → an oily, dark-colored, flammable liquid found in the earth, consisting mainly of a mixture of various hydrocarbons.
   

   True        False

5. Leduc → a solid, hard black substance that burns and gives off heat. Coal is composed mostly of carbon. It is formed from partly decayed vegetable matter under great pressure and heat in the earth.
   

   True        False