WorksheetsEarth Science 2016/ 17
Total questions: 78
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which feature is a flat region at a high elevation ?
a)
plains
b)
grass
c)
Plateaus
d)
treeless
2.
Which continental land form can result when two plates diverge?
a)
continental rift
b)
shear
c)
canyon
3.
What is isostasy?
a)
The moon
b)
mantle
c)
The equilibrium between continental crust and the denser mantle below it
4.
Which land forms are most likely to have coal, oil, and gas deposits?
a)
mountains
b)
Basins
c)
plateaus
d)
plains
5.
What is compression stress?
a)
stress pulling an object
b)
stress breaking an object
c)
gliding
d)
squeezing force at a convergent boundary
6.
What does erosion and uplift cause?
a)
summer
b)
evaporation exceeds precipitation
c)
Rock become exposed to earth's surface
7.
What is the name to the base of a mountain that remains underground ?
a)
volcanic mountain
b)
dome mountains
c)
mountain root
d)
plateau mountain
8.
What are the 3 types of stress acting on rocks on Earth's Surface?
a)
squeezing , tension, shear
b)
compression, shear, tension
c)
shear, convergent , tension
9.
The highest mountains form at which type of plate boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Plateau
c)
Fold
10.
Why does plastic deformation occur in the lower crust ?
a)
Rocks are hot
b)
Rocks are cold
11.
Which continental land form can result when two plates diverge?
a)
valleys
b)
ocean basins
c)
continental drift
d)
volcanic cones
12.
The Appalachian Mountains have been formed by what process?
a)
weather and uplifting
b)
water
c)
submarine
13.
How do seismologists evaluate earthquake risks ?
a)
Recent destruction
b)
Geology , past earthquake , population
c)
research
14.
What name is given to the area of volcanic activity around the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Ring of Fire
b)
Dinosaurs
c)
Stromboli
15.
What is a divergent fault boundary ?
a)
squeezing
b)
tension
c)
between two plates that slide past each other
16.
Earthquakes occur along the San Andreas Fault. Which is an example of this plate boundary?
a)
Tension
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
17.
What is a determining factor in which type of volcanic eruption will occur ?
a)
Chemistry in the magma
b)
Lava below
c)
plate boundaries
18.
The location of an earthquake van be determined from seismic data recorded by at least how may seismometers?
a)
11
b)
5
c)
3
d)
1
19.
What is the name given to the large depression left after a volcanic eruptions?
a)
Maria
b)
waning
c)
Caldera
20.
What scale shows the amount of energy released by an earthquake?
a)
The moment magnitude scale
b)
Leptoid
c)
Cosmoid
d)
Ganoid
21.
Most of the volcanic activity on Earth occurs where?
a)
Transform
b)
Along plate boundaries
c)
Convergent plate boundaries
22.
High energy earthquakes occur where?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
shear
23.
The location of an earthquake can be determined from seismic recorded by at least how many seismometers?
a)
10
b)
3
c)
5
d)
4
24.
What is the name given to the large depression left after a volcanic eruptions ?
a)
Caldera
b)
Ladamore
c)
Maria
25.
Large and explosive volcanic eruptions can change climate because of what ?
a)
Ash and gas that erupt high into the atmosphere can reflect sunlight.
b)
lava
c)
refraction
26.
What is an earthquake?
a)
rocky explosion
b)
Energy released as rocks break and move along a fault
27.
Pyroclastic flow?
a)
Fast moving avalanche of hot grass, ash, and rock that erupts from an explosive volcano
b)
magma
c)
lava
28.
What is a primary wave?
a)
push pull motion through liquid
b)
gliding motion
29.
What is a secondary wave?
a)
cannot move through liquids ; right angles
b)
move at left angles , move through liquids
30.
Along which type of plate boundary do the deepest earthquake occur?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Shear
31.
What is the difference between oxygen and ozone gas?
a)
Ozone gas have 2 atoms, ozone contains 3 atoms
b)
ozone have 5, oxygen have 2
32.
What type of energy is emitted from Earth to the atmosphere.
a)
infrared energy
b)
kinetic energy
c)
solar energy
33.
What is temperature inversion?
a)
high temperature
b)
altitude increase in the trosphere
c)
low temperature
34.
Why is earth atmosphere is important ?
a)
It keeps us alive
b)
make harmful rays
c)
Protect Earth from harmful rays
35.
What is the clean Air Act ?
a)
Cleans the whole Earth
b)
pollutant levels have decreased
36.
What is air pollution that for the interaction between chemicals in the air and sunlight?
a)
Photochemical smog
b)
sulfur
c)
gas
d)
carbon dioxide
37.
What form of energy transfer Heat?
a)
Conduction
b)
Radiation
c)
sound energy
38.
Describe Earth's atmosphere
a)
thin layer of gasses surrounding Earth
b)
Tectonic plates surrounding Earth
39.
In which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer found?
a)
thrmosphere
b)
mesosphere
c)
strasphere
40.
Which atmosphere layer is closet to Earth's surface?
a)
Troposphere where weather happens
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Troposphere
41.
What area of Earth receives the most direct sun's rays?
a)
Bacteria
b)
equator
c)
tectonic plates
42.
What is a point source pollution?
a)
erupting volcanoes; identifiable source
b)
house on fire
c)
Clicking camera
43.
What is a non- source pollution?
a)
wide spread , bacteria
b)
clean surroundings
c)
freezer
44.
How was the geologic time scale developed ?
a)
fossils
b)
basins
c)
Deep Canyons
45.
What is the mass extinction?
a)
Many species on Earth within a short period of time
b)
20% of species on Earth
c)
Break of Pangea
46.
What is Geologic isolation?
a)
Deep Canyons
b)
Sudden Evolution
c)
fossils
47.
What was the Cambrian explosion?
a)
Age Of Explosive
b)
Sudden evolution of complex life forms
c)
Break of Pangea
48.
What part of the Paleozoic is often called the age of inveterate ?
a)
Pangea
b)
Age of Fishes
c)
Early Paleozoic
49.
What covered much of Earth during the Early Paleozoic?
a)
Inland seas , oceans
b)
grass
c)
flowers
d)
basins
50.
The middle Paleozoic era is often called the age of?
a)
Age of Dinosaurs
b)
Age of Dogs
c)
Age of Fishes
51.
What were the major groups of animals that lived during the late Paleozoic ?
a)
Dogs
b)
Dinosaurs
c)
Amphibans
52.
Where is Pangea located?
a)
near the sun
b)
near the equator
c)
up north
53.
What was the dominant geologic event of the Mesozoic era?
a)
Near the equator
b)
Break of Pangea
54.
Why is the Cenozoic called the age of mammals ?
a)
Because the animals were dying around that time
b)
The animals were successful
c)
The animals were old
55.
When did modern humans evolve on Earth ?
a)
9 mya
b)
3 centuries ago
c)
6mya
56.
Which is the movement of one object around in space?
a)
Period of rotataion
b)
Period of Revolution
57.
What is the theory of the Moon's origin?
a)
A large object collided with earth's formation
b)
Big circle surround the atmosphere
58.
Why can we see only one side of the moon?
a)
Because it only spin once
b)
The moon's rotation is equal to period of revolution
59.
Which are large, dark lunar areas formed by cooled lava?
a)
Basins
b)
Maria
c)
Moon
60.
At which time of the year is the number of daylight and dark hours equal?
a)
Spring ; full equinox
b)
Winter
c)
Fall
d)
Summer
61.
What affects tides the most?
a)
The Moon
b)
The Sun
c)
The equator
d)
Gravity
62.
Why does the solar eclipse occurs only during a new moon?
a)
Because the moon is right next to the sun
b)
Because the moon has to be directly in between Sun and Earth
63.
What is the difference between Earth's rotation and revolution?
a)
rotation is a spin
b)
they are the same
64.
What is Earth's axis ?
a)
long latitude line
b)
a line that run-through Earth's poles
65.
why is Earth colder at poles then the equator?
a)
The sun is more spreaded out at poles
b)
Because its at the at the bottom
66.
What are the 3 types of telescopes?
a)
Reflecting , refracting, and radio telescopes
b)
Venus
c)
Extensive ring system
67.
What force keeps Earth a circular orbit around the Sun
a)
Gravity
b)
Inertia
68.
During which month is Earth closet to the sun?
a)
December
b)
november
c)
April
69.
What is the difference between lunar and solar eclipse?
a)
SE: is when the moon moves into Earth's shadow. SE: is when the moon covers a shadow on Earth.
b)
There is no difference.
70.
Which of the inner planets has the greater mass?
a)
Sun
b)
Earth
c)
Mars
d)
Venus
71.
Which inner planet is the hottest?
a)
Mars
b)
Earth
c)
Maria
d)
Venus
72.
Describe Greenhouse effect
a)
Extremely high temperatures on the surface of Venus
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
73.
What is a terrestrial planet?
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth,Mars
b)
Eath
c)
Sun
d)
Venus, Sun, Earth
74.
What is the most recognizable feature of Saturn?
a)
mass
b)
how hot it is
c)
ring system
75.
What is a a meteorite?
a)
small balloon blowing air
b)
strike a planet or a moon
76.
What give Mars it's reddish color?
a)
streak of light
b)
mass
c)
sun
d)
iron , rust
77.
An astronomical unit is the average distance of?
a)
The average distance from Earth to the Sun
b)
The distance average from Mars to Earth
78.
What is a meteor?
a)
Bright streak of light in Earth's atmosphere
b)
shadow
c)
reflection
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