Quiz about Earth Science Review

Question 1

About how long ago was Pangaea?

Accepted Answer

225 million years

Answer

2 million years

Answer

5 million years

Answer

100 billion years

Question 2

Who came up with the theory of Continental Drift?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wagener

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Albert Einstein

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Harry Hess

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Robert Hancock

Question 3

What are the plates called that move toward each other?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Answer

Attractive

Question 4

What are the plates called that rub in opposite directions?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Subduction

Question 5

What are the plates called that move away from each other?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

Answer

Subduction

Question 6

What are the scientists called who study the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Geologists

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Taxonomists

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Biologists

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Volcanologists

Question 7

What evidence do we have to support Continental Drift? (select all that are true)

Accepted Answer

The continents seem to fit together

Accepted Answer

Fossils were found where the organisms could not live

Accepted Answer

Mineral deposits (like coal) were found on the edges of continents that fit together

Answer

Old maps showing a supercontinent

Question 8

What is most likely to occur at transform boundaries?

Accepted Answer

Mainly earthquakes

Answer

Rifts

Answer

Only volcanoes

Answer

Sea floor spreading

Question 9

What is the inner core made of?

Accepted Answer

Solid Iron and Nickel

Answer

Molten (liquid) Iron and Nickel

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Solid Basalt

Answer

Molten Basalt

Question 10

What is the outer core made of?

Accepted Answer

Molten (liquid) Iron and Nickel

Answer

Solid Iron and Nickel

Answer

Solid Basalt

Answer

Molten Basalt

Question 11

Which type of seismic wave arrives first at a seismogram?

Accepted Answer

P waves

Answer

Surfaces waves

Answer

L waves

Answer

S waves

Question 12

The point on the surface where the earthquake starts is called

Accepted Answer

Epicenter

Answer

Fault

Answer

Focus

Answer

Magnitude

Question 13

The instrument used to measure and record earthquakes is called

Accepted Answer

Seismograph

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Crustometer

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Range meter

Answer

Richter scale

Question 14

Layers of thin, runny lava that flow out of a volcano then cool will build a

Accepted Answer

Shield volcano

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Composite volcano

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Stratovolcano

Answer

Cinder volcano

Question 15

What is subduction?

Accepted Answer

When a tectonic plates slides under another plate

Answer

When an earthquake causes the ground to crumble

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When a volcano erupts inward

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When 2 tectonic plates move away from each other

Question 16

What type of seismic waves cause the most damage?

Accepted Answer

Surface waves

Answer

Primary waves

Answer

Secondary waves

Answer

Body waves

Question 17

What is molten rock that has formed within the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Magma

Answer

Lava

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Volcano

Answer

Plume

Question 18

_______ volcanoes are usually steep sided. They are formed from layers of ash & rock.

Accepted Answer

Cinder cone

Answer

Shield

Answer

Active

Answer

Dormant

Question 19

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic

Answer

Continental

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Both

Answer

Neither

Question 20

In geologic time, what are the divisions from largest to smallest?

Accepted Answer

eons, eras, periods, epochs,

Answer

epochs, periods, eras, eons

Answer

epochs, eras, eons, periods

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periods, epochs, eras, eons

Question 21

The half-life of Carbon-14 is 5730 years. How old would a bone be if it were found to have 50% Carbon-14 left?

Accepted Answer

5730 years old

Answer

11,460 years old

Answer

17,190 years old

Answer

22,920 years old

Question 22

What is NOT a reason that the atmosphere is important?

Accepted Answer

it has many layers

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it contains gasses needed for living things

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it keeps our planet warm

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It protects the earth from radiation

Question 23

What percent of the atomosphere is Oxygen?

Accepted Answer

21%

Answer

1%

Answer

10%

Answer

78%

Question 24

Within the troposphere, as altitude increases, temperature ___________.

Accepted Answer

decreases

Answer

increases

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stays the same

Answer

there is no way to tell

Question 25

Which layer of the atmosphere has all of the weather?

Accepted Answer

Troposphere

Answer

Stratosphere

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Mesosphere

Answer

Thermosphere

Question 26

The ________________ protects us from the UV rays of the sun.

Accepted Answer

ozone layer

Answer

radiation layer

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cloud layer

Answer

reflective layer

Question 27

The atmosphere is divided up into layers based upon what?

Accepted Answer

temperature shifts

Answer

pressure levels

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electromagnitism

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air currents

Question 28

Name the layers of the Earth from the outside in.

Accepted Answer

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Answer

crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

Answer

crust, mantle, inner core, outer core

Answer

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

Question 29

Which layer of the earth is believed to be the hottest?

Accepted Answer

inner core

Answer

crust

Answer

mantle

Answer

outer core

Question 30

What causes the movement of the Earth's crust?

Accepted Answer

convection currents

Answer

ocean waves

Answer

lava

Answer

earthquakes

Question 31

What is geologic time?

Accepted Answer

earth's history organized by major events

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time in rock years

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earth's history organized by years

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earth's history organized by ice ages

Question 32

Which detecting station is farthest from the epicenter?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

There's no way to tell.

Question 33

What is the delta t on this seismogram?

Accepted Answer

42 seconds

Answer

110 seconds

Answer

0 seconds

Answer

54 seconds

Question 34

Use the graph to find the distance to the epicenter if the delta t is 50 seconds.

Accepted Answer

490 km

Answer

400 km

Answer

380 km

Answer

510 km

Question 35

Use the graph to find the delta t if the distance to the epicenter was 600 km.

Accepted Answer

62 seconds

Answer

42 seconds

Answer

60 seconds

Answer

52 seconds

Question 36

In the diagram, which rock layer is probably the oldest?

Accepted Answer

layer 6

Answer

layer 1

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layer 2

Answer

layer 5

Question 37

Based on the diagram, which process explains why less dense, hot magma rises to the surface to displace more dense, cooler magma?

Accepted Answer

convection

Answer

conduction

Answer

radiation

Answer

diffusion

Question 38

Which layer of Earth is composed primarily of solid iron & nickel?

Accepted Answer

layer 4

Answer

layer 1

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layer 2

Answer

layer 3

Question 39

In which major layer of Earth is soil found?

Accepted Answer

Crust

Answer

Inner core

Answer

Mantle

Answer

Outer core

Question 40

Which feature would most likely be forming at converging continental tectonic plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

mountain

Answer

rift valley

Answer

volcanic cone

Answer

deep trench

Question 41

Which type of volcano would be the least explosive?

Accepted Answer

shield volcano

Answer

cinder cone

Answer

stratovolcano

Answer

composite cone

Question 42

Earthquake activity in California is primarily caused by

Accepted Answer

plates grinding past each other along faults.

Answer

the lowering of aquifer levels.

Answer

the interaction of tides with the coast.

Answer

mining activity during the nineteenth century.

Question 43

Which of the following best describes Earth's tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

They move because of convection currents in the mantle.

Answer

They move away from each other at the equator.

Answer

They collide at midocean ridges.

Answer

They form at subduction zones.

Question 44

According to this map, which of the following describes where volcanoes are most likely to form in the Ring of Fire?

Accepted Answer

Volcanoes form where tectonic plates meet other plates.

Answer

Volcanoes form in the middle of a tectonic plate.

Answer

Volcanoes form below the surface of tectonic plates.

Answer

Volcanoes form where earthquakes are least likely to occur.

Question 45

The youngest rocks on the ocean oor are typically located near what feature?

Accepted Answer

a mid-ocean ridge

Answer

a continental shelf

Answer

an abyssal plain

Answer

a subduction trench

Question 46

Which can most likely be concluded about the top layer of rock seen in an undisturbed cliff wall?

Accepted Answer

The top layer is younger than layers located farther down the cliff.

Answer

The top layer is older than layers located farther down the cliff.

Answer

The top layer contains more fossils than layers located farther down the cliff.

Answer

The top layer contains fewer fossils than layers located farther down the cliff.

Question 47

Based on the Law of Superposition, what can be concluded about fossils?

Accepted Answer

The oldest fossils are found in the lowest rock layers.

Answer

Fossils give clues about past climate patterns.

Answer

Fossils form from the hard parts of organisms.

Answer

The most recent fossils were advanced organisms.

Question 48

A scientist observes several different fossils in a rock layer. Based on this observation, which is the best conclusion?

Accepted Answer

The fossils formed about the same time as the rock layer in which they were found.

Answer

The fossils are composed of lava that cooled around several organisms.

Answer

The fossils formed after heat and pressure changed the type of rock in the rock layer

Answer

The fossils are composed of the same material as the organisms from which they formed.

Question 49

Which of these animals would most likely form a fossil?

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

Answer

B.

Answer

C.

Answer

D.

Question 50

Which of the following layers of rock is most likely the youngest?

Accepted Answer

the layer containing dinosaurs

Answer

the layer containing trilobites

Answer

the layer containing shes

Answer

the layer containing amphibians

Question 51

HONORS ONLY

Isotope X has a half-life of 30 days. You originally had 8 grams of it. How much will be left after 90 days?

Accepted Answer

1 gram

Answer

6 grams

Answer

4 grams

Answer

2 grams

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