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WorksheetsEarth Science IA5 Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the explanation that scientists give for there being tropical fossils found in Antarctica?
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
The whole Earth was once the same biome.
c)
A meteor hit the Earth, causing it to become tilted, making Antarctica cold.
d)
Climate change
2.
A trench is what type of boundary?
a)
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Boundary
b)
Continental-Continental Convergent Boundary
c)
Oceanic Divergent Boundary
d)
Continental Divergent Boundary
3.
What type of rock is altered by extreme heat and pressure?
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
d)
Mineral
4.
Where in the rock layers are the oldest rocks found?
a)
The lowest rock layers
b)
The rock layers closest to the surface
c)
The rock layers near volcanoes
d)
Rock layers with intrusions
5.
Which tectonic plate boundary creates volcanic mountain ranges?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Static
6.
What type of rock contains fossils?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Mineral
7.
Is coal considered a mineral?
a)
Yes
b)
No
8.
What creates the largest waves?
a)
strong, long duration winds in a large fetch
b)
short, fast winds
c)
Weak, steady winds
d)
Solar winds
9.
Which of the following is important in accumulating and removing sands that result in shifting barrier islands?
a)
Longshore currents
b)
Deep ocean currents
c)
Surface currents
d)
Tides
10.
What traps heat during daylight to make the nights warmer?
a)
Clouds
b)
water vapor
c)
carbon dioxide
d)
greenhouse gasses
11.
What were formed from a nebular cloud of dust and gas?
a)
Planets
b)
galaxies
c)
universe
d)
comets
12.
What planet is most like Earth?
a)
Mars
b)
Venus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Neptune
13.
What process lead to the early formation of Earth's atmosphere?
a)
outgassing from volcanoes
b)
greenhouse effect
c)
meteor showers of iridium-rich ore
d)
Plants
14.
What planets surround Earth on both sides?
a)
Mars and Venus
b)
Mercury and Venus
c)
Jupiter and Mars
d)
Venus and Jupiter
15.
Which solar phenomena is thought to play a role in climate change?
a)
Sunspots
b)
Solar Flares
c)
Solar Winds
d)
Solar Prominences
16.
What type of plant is mainly mainly responsible for "housing" nitrogen fixing bacteria?
a)
legumes
b)
ferns
c)
moss
d)
trees
17.
Why is nitrogen fixation such an important step in the nitrogen cycle?
a)
Plants cannot use the nitrogen in the air.
b)
Plants can use ammonia.
c)
Plants can use N2.
d)
Plants cannot use nitrates.
18.
What two biogeochemical cycles work closely together?
a)
Carbon and Oxygen
b)
Nitrogen and Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen and Water
d)
Sulfur and Carbon
19.
Which theory states that the continents were once a single landmass that drifted apart?
a)
Theory of continental drift
b)
Theory of Pangea
c)
Theory of plate tectonics
d)
Theory of superposition
20.
Was Wegner's theory of continental drift accepted by the scientific community?
a)
NO
b)
YES
21.
What does the tilt of the Earth's axis cause?
a)
Seasons
b)
Night and day
c)
Daylight saving time
d)
An Earth year
22.
During which phase of the moon is it possible to experience a solar eclipse?
a)
Full moon
b)
New moon
c)
Waning crescent moon
d)
Waxing crescent moon
23.
What type of shadow touches the Earth in a partial eclipse?
a)
Penumbra
b)
Umbra
c)
New
d)
Full
24.
Which of the following solar phenomena causes magnetic storms?
a)
Solar flares
b)
Solar wind
c)
Sun spot
d)
Solar Prominences
25.
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
26.
What is the furthest planet from the Sun
a)
Mercury
b)
Neptune
c)
Uranus
d)
Saturn
27.
Which of the following planets is closest to Earth?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
28.
What is formed when two hydrogen atoms fuse?
a)
Helium
b)
Ozone
c)
Water
d)
Nitrogen
29.
What is the process that combines two hydrogen atoms to form helium?
a)
Fusion
b)
Fission
c)
Atomic acceleration
d)
Neutron bombarding
30.
Which moon phase occurs during a lunar eclipse?
a)
Full moon
b)
New moon
c)
Waxing crescent moon
d)
Waning crescent moon
31.
If a front travels through an area and temperatures become cooler, what type of front is it?
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
Occluded Front
d)
Stationary Front
32.
If a front travels through an area and temperatures become warmer, what type of front is it?
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
Occluded Front
d)
Stationary Front
33.
When two air masses meet and stall out because neither is more powerful, what type of front is it?
a)
Cold front
b)
Warm Front
c)
Occluded Front
d)
Stationary Front
34.
When two fronts zip together, what type of front is formed?
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
Occluded Front
d)
Stationary Front
35.
Which of Earth's spheres holds all life?
a)
Biosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Atmosphere
36.
Which of Earth's spheres holds all gasses?
a)
Biosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Atmosphere
37.
Which of Earth's spheres holds all water?
a)
Biosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Atmosphere
38.
Which of Earth's spheres holds all solid matter?
a)
Biosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Atmosphere
39.
Which is powered by heat from Earth's core?
a)
Plate tectonics
b)
Tides
c)
Greenhouse effect
d)
Solar prominences
40.
What is formed at Continental-Continental convergent boundaries?
a)
Mountain ranges
b)
Trenches
c)
Plains
d)
Ocean ridges
41.
Which boundary results in subduction and volcanoes?
a)
oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary
b)
oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary
c)
continental-continental convergent boundary
d)
continental-continental divergent boundary
42.
What type of rock is formed through sedimentation and pressure.
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic
c)
Igneous
d)
Minerals
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