WorksheetsLSMS 2018 Final Quiz
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What timeframe is best to measure the age of the Earth?
a)
Thousands of years
b)
Millions of years
c)
Billions of years
d)
Trillions of years
2.
What is the main source of energy in our solar system?
a)
Radioactivity
b)
Gravity
c)
The Sun
d)
Earth's Core
3.
What is the main source of energy that drives Earth’s weather and climate?
a)
Gravity
b)
Earth's Core
c)
The Sun
d)
Cosmic Radiation
4.
What is the main source of energy that drives plate tectonics, including continental drift, earthquakes and volcanoes?
a)
The Sun
b)
Radioactive elements in the Mantle
c)
Earth's Core
d)
Gravity
5.
During a lunar eclipse, what is being hidden by what?
a)
Sun is blocked by the Moon
b)
Moon falls into Earth’s shadow
c)
Earth falls into the Moon’s shadow
d)
Moon is blocked by the Sun
6.
A complete lunar cycle, all the moon phases, takes approximately…
a)
1 day
b)
1 month
c)
1 season
d)
1 year
7.
Why is Earth’s surface unequally heated by the Sun?
a)
Earth is a sphere
b)
The Sun is 93 million miles away
c)
Varying thickness of atmosphere
d)
Global warming
8.
Large ocean currents, global wind patterns, and magma rising through the mantle are all examples of _________ heat transfer.
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
d)
Evaporation
9.
Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes happen?
a)
Plate boundaries
b)
Randomly all over Earth
c)
Ocean floor
d)
Mountains
10.
The rock cycle, plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes all are a part of the ______.
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
11.
The water cycle, oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, clouds, rain and snow are all part of the ____.
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
12.
Living things, including plants, animals, microbes, fungi, and material they leave behind (like waste), are all part of the ______.
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
13.
The mixture of gases that surrounds our planet is part of the ______.
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
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