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WorksheetsEarth and Environmental Unit 1 Exam Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT one of the main areas of Earth science?
a)
Meteorology
b)
Astronomy
c)
Astrology
d)
Geology
2.
What is the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate?
a)
Meteorology
b)
Hydrology
c)
Astonomy
d)
Astrology
3.
Earth’s four major spheres are the ____.
a)
hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere
b)
hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere
c)
hydrosphere, asthenosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere
d)
hydrosphere, geosphere, lithosphere, and asthenosphere
4.
Which letter represents the core?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
5.
Which of Earth’s spheres includes the oceans, groundwater, lakes, and glaciers?
a)
biosphere
b)
atmosphere
c)
hydrosphere
d)
geosphere
6.
What are the three main parts of the geosphere?
a)
lithosphere, mantle, core
b)
atmosphere, crust, core
c)
asthenosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere
d)
crust, mantle, core
7.
The crust and uppermost mantle make up the rigid outer layer of Earth called the ____.
a)
geosphere
b)
asthenesphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
lower mantle
8.
The distance, measured in degrees, north and south of the equator is referred to as ____.
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
prime meridian
d)
international date line
9.
On the global grid, the prime meridian is at ____.
a)
0 degrees longitude
b)
0 degrees latitude
c)
90 degrees longitude
d)
90 degrees latitude
10.
Differences in elevation are best shown using a ____.
a)
Mercator projection map
b)
gnomonic projection map
c)
Robinson projection map
d)
topographic map
11.
Earth is considered a system because all of its parts ____.
a)
interact
b)
represent separate closed systems
c)
were formed at the same time
d)
are powered by the same energy source
12.
Which of the following is an environmental hazard created by humans?
a)
flood
b)
hurricane
c)
air pollution
d)
earthquake
13.
Which of the following is NOT caused by human interactions with the Earth system?
a)
air pollution
b)
earthquake
c)
water pollution
d)
deforestation
14.
A scientific hypothesis can become a theory if ____.
a)
the entire scientific community accepts it
b)
the hypothesis is tested extensively and competing hypotheses are eliminated
c)
there are no other competing hypotheses
d)
the hypothesis can be tested at least once
15.
A preliminary untested explanation that tries to explain how or why things happen in the manner observed is a scientific ____.
a)
hypothesis
b)
fact
c)
theory
d)
law
16.
A scientific idea that is well tested and widely accepted by the scientific community is called a scientific ____.
a)
hypothesis
b)
theory
c)
inquiry
d)
method
17.
Which line is dividing the globe into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
a)
equator
b)
prime meridian
c)
international date line
d)
prime minister
18.
Which line is dividing the globe into northern and southern hemispheres?
a)
international date line
b)
conga line
c)
equator
d)
prime meridian
19.
Which of the units below are units that can express the volume of an object?
a)
liters
b)
millimeters
c)
cubic centimeters
d)
2 of these answers are correct
20.
To calculate the _________ of something you must multiply the length x width x height.
a)
area
b)
mass
c)
weight
d)
volume
21.
Which of the following is used to measure the length of an object?
a)
m
b)
cm
c)
mm
d)
all three
22.
The mass of a paper clip would most likely be measured in _______.
a)
milligrams
b)
kilograms
c)
grams
d)
metric tons
23.
Your body mass would be measured in units of __________.
a)
milligrams
b)
grams
c)
kilograms
d)
metric tons
24.
The formula m/v = d is used to calculate the ___________ of something.
a)
diversity
b)
derivitive
c)
density
d)
divinity
25.
Dia-
a)
away
b)
earth
c)
across
d)
covering
26.
Atmo-
a)
vapor
b)
stone
c)
covering
d)
earth
27.
Geo-
a)
stone
b)
earth
c)
covering
d)
circle
28.
-sphere
a)
circle
b)
earth
c)
outside
d)
across
29.
-therm
a)
vapor
b)
covering
c)
heat
d)
between
30.
Trans-
a)
covering
b)
between
c)
across
d)
outside
31.
inter-
a)
between
b)
across
c)
away
d)
outside
32.
Litho-
a)
earth
b)
stone
c)
covering
d)
outside
33.
Ex-
a)
outside
b)
covering
c)
between
d)
across
34.
Strato-
a)
outside
b)
covering
c)
away
d)
circle
35.
-cline
a)
turn
b)
equal
c)
under
d)
slope
36.
Chromo-
a)
having to do with measure
b)
a systematized knowledge of
c)
color
d)
under
37.
-nomy
a)
systemized knowledge of
b)
having to do with measuring
c)
slope
d)
turn
38.
Proto-
a)
color
b)
primitive
c)
equal
d)
turn
39.
-meter
a)
having to do with measuring
b)
systemized knowledge of
c)
equal
d)
primitive
40.
Sub-
a)
color
b)
under
c)
equal
d)
primitive
41.
Iso-
a)
color
b)
turn
c)
equal
d)
under
42.
-verge
a)
turn
b)
color
c)
over
d)
under
43.
The variable that the scientist changes in an experiment
a)
dependent variable
b)
control variable
c)
constant
d)
independent variable
44.
The variable that the scientist measures in an experiment
a)
dependent variable
b)
control variable
c)
constant
d)
independent variable
45.
The variable that stays the same in an experiment
a)
dependent variable
b)
control variable
c)
hypothesis
d)
independent variable
46.
The study of ecosystems
a)
biology
b)
ecology
c)
biosphere
d)
earth and environmental science
47.
The density of water is
a)
.1 g/ml3
b)
1 g/ml3
c)
10 g/ml3
d)
100 g/ml3
48.
I am doing an experiment on how plants will grow with varying amounts of fertilizer applied. what is my dependent variable?
a)
the amount of fertilizer
b)
plant growth
c)
the amount of water given to the plants
d)
the amount of sunlight the plants recieve
49.
I am doing an experiment on how plants will grow with varying amounts of fertilizer applied. what is my independent variable?
a)
the amount of fertilizer
b)
plant growth
c)
the amount of water given to the plants
d)
the amount of sunlight the plants recieve
50.
in order for something to float on water its density has to be
a)
higher than 1 g/ml
b)
lower than 1 g/ml
c)
equal to 1 g/ml
d)
all things will float in water
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