Science Week Earth Sciences Quiz

Determine which of these is NO a type of rock classification

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Fossil

The name of an area where two tectonic plates come together

• Fault line

• Plate boundary

• Volcanoe

• Valley

Determine the cause of the season on Earth

• The Sun orbiting Earth

• The Earth's tilt on its axis

• The distance between Earth and the sun in its orbit

• The Earth's rotation

Identify the science that is the study of Earth's atmosphere and its phenomena

• Meteorology

• Oceanography

• Hydrology

• Climatology

Identify the name of the layer of Earth that makes Lava

• The Core

• The Lower Mantle

• The Upper Mantle

• The Crust

Determine the type of plate boundary that makes Mountains form

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Conservative

Identify the name of the original supercontinent

• Pangaea

• Pannotia

• Gondwana

• Laurasia

Select the age of planet Earth in years

• 4.5 billion

• 4.6 billion

• 4.4 billion

• 4.3 billion

Name the gas that makes up a majority of Earth's atmosphere

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide

• Argon

The name of a phenomena caused by a large-scale disturbance in the Ocean

• Upwelling

• Tsunami

• Tides

• Current