wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Earth and Environmental Science Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A Year (365 days) is a single
a)
Day
b)
Revolution
c)
Rotation
d)
Night
2.
(True/False)
Kepler discovered that the path of each planet is an ellipse
a)
True
b)
False
3.
What is the force behind mass movement
a)
Gravity
b)
The sun's energy
c)
Flowing water
d)
Moving ice
4.
What is the slowest type of mass movement
a)
Earth flow 
b)
Slump
c)
Creep
d)
Rockfall
5.
The particles ejected in volcanic eruptions are called _______.
a)
Calderas
b)
Laccoliths
c)
Volcanic Stocks 
d)
Pyroclastic material
6.
Most of the active volcanoes on earth are located in a belt known as the _________.
a)
Ring of Fire
b)
Ring of Lava
c)
East African Rift Valley 
d)
Mid-Pacific Rise
7.
Soil erosion can be caused by what?
a)
Mining
b)
Deforestation
c)
Urbanization
d)
Heat Islands
8.
(True/False)
Wide bands of precipitation occur at warm fronts
a)
True
b)
False
9.
(True/False)
A rain gauge shows the amount of precipitaion
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Causes cooler temperatures due to absorption of the sun's energy by atmospheric particles
a)
Carbon Dioxide fluctuations
b)
Shifts in earths orbit
c)
Sunspots
d)
Volcanic eruptions
11.
(True/False)
Temperate climates are located closest to the equator
a)
True
b)
False
12.
(True/False)
Polar climates are cold year round
a)
True
b)
False
13.
(True/False)
Temperate climates have warm and cold seasons
a)
True
b)
False
14.
(True/False)
Polar climates have the most precipitation 
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Tropical climates have the most varied climate
a)
True
b)
False