FSA unit 5: Earth

FSA unit 5: Earth

Open Ended

Name just one layer of the earth and it's composition (what it is made of).

Multiple Choice

Earth is made up of layers with different characteristics and composition. Which layer is made up of very dense, liquid metal?

• Crust

• Inner core

• Outer core

• Mantle

Multiple Choice

Where are most of the Earth's volcanoes located?

• The ring of fire

• The ring of magma

• On the east coast of U.S.A.

• On the southern hemisphere of Earth

Multiple Choice

Where are most mountains formed on Earth?

• at volcanic chains

• at strike slip faults

• at divergent plate boundaries

• at convergent plate boundaries

Multiple Choice

Granite is a sturdy rock used for monuments. It forms from slowly cooling magma. What type of rock is granite?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• weathered

Multiple Choice

Which layer of Earth is the youngest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Select

The atmosphere helps organisms survive in many ways. Which of the following statements describes one way the atmosphere helps organisms survive?

• It provides a layer of thin air for satellites to orbit in.

• It allows a lot of electromagnetic radiation to flow into Earth and it's systems.

• It causes meteors to burn up before they crash onto Earth's surface.

• It contains gases, such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen, that trap heat.

• It contains gases, such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen, that trap cold air.

Multiple Choice

When dead plants decompose and nitrogen is returned to the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres? 

• The biosphere and atmosphere 
• The atmosphere and geosphere 
• The geosphere and atmosphere 
• The biosphere and geosphere 

Multiple Choice

Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the...

• Atmosphere to the geosphere 
• Geosphere to the hydrosphere 
• Hydrosphere to the atmosphere 
• Atmosphere to the hydrosphere 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best example of conduction?

• A light bulb warming a lampshade
• An egg cooking in a frying pan
• Water boiling in a pot
• Gases circulating in the atmosphere

Multiple Choice

A student places a cup of cold water on a counter in a hot room.   After a short time, the student notices that the water in the cup is no longer cold.  Which best explains why the water in the cup is no longer cold?

• The coldness of the water transferred to the air, making the water in the cup warmer.
• The coldness of the water was conducted to the cup, making the water in the cup warmer.
• The heat from the air transferred to the water in the cup, making the water in the cup warmer.
• The heat from the air caused the cold water in the cup to condense, making the water warmer.

Multiple Choice

Which will the sun heat up faster, land or the ocean?

• Land

• Ocean

• Both heat up at the same rate

This is how WIND is created

Multiple Choice

Earth rotates on an axis that is tilted at an angle of 23.5 $\degree$ . Which of the following would not occur if Earth's axis were not tilted?

• day and night

• moon phases

• seasons

• tides

FSA Style Questions

Practice Hard to Test Easy

Multiple Choice

An offshore oil platform houses a drill for drilling oil. The drill descends from the platform and enters the ocean. At the bottom of the ocean, the drill stars to dig into the rock. It continues drilling into the rock for another 7,000 feet and then stops. Where does the drill stop?

• in the biosphere

• in the geosphere

• in the atmosphere

• in the hydrosphere

Multiple Choice

Anna pours herself some room temperature soda and adds 4 ice cubes. In a few minutes, the ice cubes are much smaller. Which of the following best explains the change in temperature?

• Heat flowed from the soda to the ice cubes and caused them to melt.

• Coldness flowed from the ice cube to the soda, making the soda cooler.

• The cold water from the melting ice went into the soda, replacing the warmer water that was in the soda.

• The water from the melting ice makes the soda more dilute, which makes the temperature lower.

Multiple Choice

Scientists have found many marine fossils on mountains far from any ocean or sea. What is the best explanation for these fossils?

• Meteors with marine fossils landed on the mountains

• Wind carried fossils from the seashore to the mountains

• The mountains were made out of land that was once below the ocean

• Predators caught the marine prey and carried it to the top of the mountain.

Multiple Choice

Kaleb visits Panama City, Florida during the month of May. He feels a shore breeze blowing from the ocean onto the beach. What causes this shore breeze

• The ocean is colder than the land.

• The land is colder than the ocean.

• The ocean is denser than the land.

• The land is denser than the ocean.

Multiple Choice

A robotic submarine expores the ocean near some deep-see vents. It collects samples of living thins, such as tube worms. Where is the robotic submarine?

• in the geosphere

• in the cryosphere

• in the atmosphere

• in the hydrosphere

Multiple Choice

A stream carves a channel through rock by removing small particles of rock at a time. The stream water slows down when it enters a pond, allowing the rock particles to settle at the bottom of the pond. Compaction combines these particles into a solid rock. What is the new rock called?

• quartz rock

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

Multiple Choice

Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are common on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. Which theory does this pattern of geological phenomena support?

• weathering

• the rock cycle

• Plate tectonics

• Biological evolution

Multiple Choice

The diagram shows part of the rock cycle. At which point in the cycle shown above would the process of heat and pressure on rocks occur at?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

Multiple Choice

The interaction of Earth's plates causes changes to Earth's surface. Which of the following features will form as a result of the plate interactions in the diagram?

• folded mountatins

• mid-ocean ridge

• rift valley

• volcanic islands

Multiple Choice

The illustration shows several ways heat is transferred on Earth. Which arrow represents conduction?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4