8th Grade Science         Geology                                   Name:

Match the labels to the geological regions of Mississippi:

1.     ___Barrier Islands

2.     ___Black Prairie

3.     ___Central (Jacksonian) Prairie

4.     ___Coastal Terrace

5.     ___Flatwoods

6.     ___Loess Bluffs

7.     ___Northeastern Hills

8.     ___Pine Belt

9.     ___Pontotoc Ridge

10. ___Red Clay Hills

  1. ___The Delta

 

 

 

 

 

12. Marble is a type of ____ rock.

            (a) Sedimentary            (b) Igneous       (c) Metamorphic

 

13. Sandstone and limestone will be ___ rocks.

            (a) Sedimentary            (b) Igneous       (c) Metamorphic

 

14. Granite is always a ___ rock.

            (a) Sedimentary            (b) Igneous       (c) Metamorphic

 

15. A circular depression (valley) formed when the ground sinks into an emptying magma chamber:

            (a) Crater         (b) Vent           (c) Caldera

 

16. The Moho boundary is between the Earth’s mantle and ___.

            (a) Crust           (b) Mantle        (c) Outer Core             (d) Inner Core

 

17. The depression in the top of the volcanic cone is the ___.

            (a) Crater         (b) Vent           (c) Caldera

 

18. Loess particles, fine wind-deposited sediments from glaciers, have collected:

            (a) Along the Mississippi Delta  (b) On mountain tops

 

19. A glacier is a thick layer of:

            (a) Mud            (b) Rock          (c) Ice              (d) Mercury

 

Match the type of fossilization to the best result:

A. Petrification              B. Amber                                 C. Mummification

D. Frozen                                 E. Tar pits                                F. Track

G. Burrows                              H. Coprolite                             I. Mold and cast

 

20. ___  Preservation of a wooly mammoth falling into a glacier.

21. ___ Footprints left in ancient sediment.

22. ___ Preserved dung of animals.

23. ___ Replacement of an organism’s tissues with minerals.

24. ___ Animals falling into thickened oil seeps, as at La Brea.

25. ___ Cavity around a dead organism and the material which replaced it.

26. ___ Hardened tree sap, capable of preserving delicate insects.

27. ___ Shelters animals dig into the ground.

28. ___ Process of drying out an organism before it can decay.

 

29. The process of rapid, violent change is called:

            (a) uniformitarianism                  (b) catastrophism

 

30. Generally, the geological record states that:  (a) new rocks lie above older ones

                                                                                    (b) old rocks lie above newer ones

                                                                                    (c) only fossils can date rocks

 

31. Radioactive dating of rocks works on the idea that:

            (a) radioactive materials decay at a known rate over time

            (b) fossils contain radiation, but are better for dating formations

            (c) radiation killed off the dinosaurs

 

32. Trilobites would be found only in rocks of which era?

            (a) Paleozoic    (b) Mesozoic    (c) Cenozoic

 

33. The Northeastern Hills in northeast Mississippi are the start of the foothills of:

            (a) the Rocky Mountains

            (b) the Proto-Rocky Mountains

            (c) the Appalachian Mountains

 

Bonus: In which of Mississippi’s geological regions does Okolona lie?