Earth Science Quiz

What is Global Warming?

• Increasing temperature in Earth's atmosphere

• Decreasing temperature in a city

• Increasing rain rates in Earth

• Decreasing temperature rates

Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be too

• warm 
• cold
• dead
• funny

Burning fossil fuels is one of the main causes for global warming.

• True
• False

Which of these is considered a non renewable energy source? (choose all that apply)

• solar power

• gasoline

• geothermal power

• coal

Anything from nature that living things use is called a ______________.

• energy
• pollution
• food
• natural resource

Which are ways we use fossil fuels?

• eating and drinking

• arts and crafts

• paper and building

• cars and heat

Which renewable resource gets its direct energy from the sun? 

• Geothermal
• Solar
• Wind
• Hydrogen

What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front

A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)

• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Extrusive Rock
• Igneous Rock

This rock was formed when molten rock cooled into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Igneous Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock