Intro to Earth Science Test Review

Which of the following are the four main areas of Earth Science?

• geology

• oceanography

• meterology

• astonomy

• astrology

The area of Earth Science that ezmines the physical and biologyical changes that have occurred in Earth's past is called

• meterology

• physical geology

• oceanography

• historical geology

According to the nebular hypothesis, our solar system formed from a huge rotating could made mostly of

• carbon and hydrogen

• helium and hydrogen

• oxygen and helium

• nitrogen and oxygen

Which of Earth's spheres includes the oceans, groundwater, lakes, and glaciers?

• geosphere

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

The asthenosphere and lithosphere are parts of the Earth's

• geosphere

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

What are the three main parts of the geosphere?

• atmosphere, crust, core

• lithosphere, mantle, core

• crust, mantle, core

• asthenosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere

0° longitude

• prime meridian

• equator

• GPS

• latitude

All maps have some distortion of....

(Click all that apply)

• shape

• size

• distance

• direction

What type of map best shows the differences in elevation?

• Mercator

• Robinson

• gnomonic

• topographic

Ona topographic map, contour lines that form a circle indicate

• a lake

• a hill

• an ocean

• a depression