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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 35mins
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Class
Date
1.
If a hammer were left out in the rain for several days, it would begin to rust. Is this a form of physical or chemical weathering?
a)
Physical
b)
Chemical
2.
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Reform
3.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
4.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
N.A.S.E.A.A.A
c)
Wegner World
d)
Pangea
5.
How does sea floor spreading occur?
a)
It is a myth and does not occur.
b)
At mid-ocean ridges, magma is forced upward and slowly spreads the plates
c)
Organic material forms limestone on the ocean
d)
The pressure from the ocean water forces down on the sea floor and moves it
6.
The transfer of energy through space is called...
a)
Convection
b)
Radiation
c)
Subduction
d)
Conduction
7.
A huge wave created by an earthquake under the ocean is
a)
syncline wave
b)
tsunami
c)
transverse wave
d)
longitudinal wave
8.
A huge wave created by an earthquake under the ocean is
a)
syncline wave
b)
tsunami
c)
transverse wave
d)
longitudinal wave
9.
Warm ocean currents generally come from
a)
The North Pole
b)
The South Pole
c)
The Equator
d)
Both A and B
10.
As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is warmer and less salty.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Explain the role of density in the movement of deep currents.
a)
Cold, high salinity deep current water is less dense than warm, low salinity surface current water. As warm water sinks, cold water will move in to take its place, creating a circular movement called a convection current.
b)
Cold, high salinity deep current water is more dense than warm, low salinity surface current water. As warm water rises, cold water will move in to take its place, creating a circular movement called a convection current.
12.
Compared to lakes, ponds are usually
a)
larger
b)
deeper
c)
shadier
d)
shallower
13.
How much of the water on Earth is considered fresh water?
a)
97%
b)
10%
c)
3%
d)
5%
14.
How much of of water on Earth is salt water in oceans and salt lakes?
a)
3%
b)
69%
c)
26%
d)
97%
15.
About this much of Earth is covered in water...
a)
3%
b)
50%
c)
70%
d)
90%
16.
All weather is caused by
a)
wind speed
b)
rainfall
c)
the sun heating the Earth
17.
Rain that occurs on a certain day of the week is describing
a)
seasons.
b)
climate.
c)
weather.
18.
What happens to water vapor as it rises higher and higher in the air?
a)
the vapor cools and then condenses to form clouds.
b)
the vapor heats and then evaporates to form clouds.
c)
the vapor cools and then evaporates to form clouds.
d)
the vapor heats and then condenses to form clouds.
19.
True or False: The Troposphere is the layer of the atmosphere which storms are formed in. (if False, change the red word to make it true)
a)
True
b)
False, Stratosphere
c)
False, Mesosphere
d)
False, Thermosphere
20.
Spinning of Earth on its axis.
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
21.
Movement of Earth around the sun.
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
22.
Earth has seasons because.....
a)
Its axis is tilted
b)
Revolves around Saturn
c)
The sun revolves around Earth
23.
The strength of the force of gravity depends on ..............
a)
Mass of an object
b)
Distance between two objects
c)
Mass and distance of objects
d)
Inertia
24.
What part of the moon do we see from Earth?
a)
all of it
b)
the same side
c)
none of it
d)
only one quarter
25.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
26.
About how long does it take the moon to make one complete cycle around the earth?
a)
65 days
b)
8 days
c)
365 days
d)
28 days
27.
A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Moon
d)
Meteor
28.
A small object that appears as a streak of light as it enters earth's atmosphere.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Moon
d)
Meteor
29.
A small rocky object orbiting the sun.
a)
Asteroid
b)
Comet
c)
Moon
d)
Meteor
30.
An object that is solid, has never been alive, and was formed in nature.
a)
rock
b)
fossil
c)
mineral
d)
outer layer of crust
31.
A solid made of one or more minerals.
a)
metamorphic rock
b)
rock
c)
copper
d)
lead
32.
Which would be needed to form sedimentary rocks?
a)
a volcano
b)
casts and molds
c)
pressure and temperature
d)
wind and water
33.
What are the three layers of the earth?
a)
center, middle, outer layer
b)
core, mantle, crust
c)
core, center, mineral
d)
mantle, inner, outer
34.
Which mineral property is being shown here?
a)
luster
b)
hardness
c)
cleavage
d)
streak
35.
In order for a metamorphic rock to form, _______ is needed.
a)
melting and cooling
b)
weathering and erosion
c)
heat and pressure
d)
compaction and cementation
36.
What is the major cause of weathering and erosion?
a)
wind
b)
ice
c)
glaciers
d)
moving water
37.
The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is called...
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
38.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
39.
What geological feature on Earth is the Ring of Fire?
a)
Option A huge forest fire that happened in California1*
b)
A volcanic island in the Indian Ocean
c)
A ring of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
d)
A science game
40.
Contrast a dormant and extinct volcano.
a)
dormant volcano will not erupt again while a extinct volcano will in the future
b)
both volcanoes are currently erupting or about to erupt
c)
extinct volcano will not erupt again while a dormant volcano will in the future
d)
The two are the same
41.
When the sun, the Moon, and the Earth are aligned; high tides are higher than normal.
a)
Neap Tide
b)
Spring Tide
42.
The higher the salt content in the ocean the ________ dense the water will be.
a)
less
b)
more
c)
nothing happens
43.
What is it called when water evaporates and is carried upward by warm air and then cools to form clouds?
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
44.
Using less water so that it will not be used up is called
a)
desalination
b)
distribution
c)
conservation
d)
irrigation
45.
warm air rises creating this type of pressure; can bring rain and storms
a)
low
b)
high
c)
even
d)
updraft
46.
The "red planet" is
a)
Venus
b)
Uranus
c)
Mars
d)
Saturn
47.
Venus has the hottest surface of any planet.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
There are 3 Main Fossil Fuels. We Know Them As --
a)
Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, Nitrogen
b)
Cookies, Nutella, Granola
c)
Coal, Oil, Natural Gas
d)
Canyons, Oceans, Nymph
49.
Which of the following can NOT trace their original energy source back to the sun?
a)
hydropower
b)
geothermal
c)
wind
d)
solar
50.
Rock that was once melted and then cooled and hardened is called what?
a)
metamorphic rock
b)
volcanic rock
c)
igneous rock
d)
concrete
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