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Earth Science EOC Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does erosion do?
a)
Break down rock
b)
changes rock chemically
c)
changes sediment in rock
d)
moves broken pieces of rock, or sediment, from one place to another
2.
Which type of rock is formed by weathering and erosion, then compaction and cementation?
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
metamorphic rock
c)
igneous rock
3.
Heat and Pressure causes which type of rock? 
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
4.
Which of the following processes does NOT relate to the rock cycle?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
photosynthesis and respiration
c)
weathering and erosion
d)
heating and cooling
5.
Which of the following is NOT an agent of weathering?
a)
water
b)
wind
c)
animals and plants
d)
gravity
6.

During the water cycle, freezing causes which form of precipitation?

a)

rain

b)

snow

c)

fog

7.
What process gets water from the air to form into clouds?
a)
precipitation
b)
freezing
c)
condensation
d)
evaporation
8.
This type of rock is formed from MELTING and COOLING.
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
metamorphic rock
c)
igneous rock
9.

What is the name given to the boundary between to plates running into each other?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Insurgent

10.

What is the name given to the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other?

a)

Divergent

b)

Insurgent

c)

Convergent

d)

Transform

11.

What is the name given to the boundary between two tectonic plates when they are sliding past each other

a)

Insurgent

b)

Four

c)

Divergent

d)

Transform

12.
What is the formula for density?
a)
density = mass x volume
b)
density = mass / volume
c)
density = mass + volume
d)
density = mass - volume
13.

What causes the crust to move about on the Earth?

a)

pressure from the inner core

b)

convection currents in the mantle

c)

wind currents in the troposphere

d)

ocean currents like the gulf stream

14.
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Reform
15.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
16.
What is the name of the area where one crust slides underneath another (Deep Ocean Trenches are found here)
a)
no flex zone
b)
subduction zone
c)
transverse zone
d)
school zone
17.

What percent of the earth's water is salty?

a)

70

b)

3

c)

97

d)

50

18.

What does the earth's atmosphere do?


Select all correct answers

a)

help to regulate the temperature on Earth

b)

Block UV rays from reaching Earth's surface

c)

Burn up meteors before they hit

d)

Create sunlight for plants

19.

What happens to the air density/air pressure as you increase in altitude?

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

20.

Where would you find the ozone layer?

a)

stratosphere

b)

thermosphere

c)

exosphere

d)

mesosphere

21.

What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

a)

stratosphere

b)

thermosphere

c)

troposphere

d)

mesosphere

22.

The layers of the Atmosphere are mostly defined by ...

a)

their temperatures

b)

their gas composition

c)

what type of weather they have

d)

what color they are

23.
A boundary between two air masses of different density, moisture, and temperature is called a _________
a)
front
b)
air mass
c)
high pressure system
d)
climate
24.
Which instrument measures air pressure?
a)
anemometer
b)
barometer
c)
psychrometer
d)
thermometer
25.
Which lists some effects of El Niño?
a)
warmer temperatures and more rain
b)
warmer temperatures and less rain
c)
cooler temperatures and less rain
26.

What moon phase does the Lunar Eclipse occur?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

Waning Gibbous

d)

Waxing Gibbous

27.

A ______________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon.

a)

high

b)

neap

c)

low

d)

spring

28.

Differences in the moon's and sun's pull on different sides of the Earth cause _________.

a)

gravity

b)

lunar phases

c)

tides

d)

Waves

29.

A ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line.

a)

spring

b)

high

c)

low

d)

neap

30.

Latitude lines measure East to West

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Properties of a Mineral

a)

Naturally Occuring

b)

Inorganic

c)

Unchanging Structure

d)

Solid

e)

Unchanging Composition

32.

Porosity is the...

a)

Shape of the particles

b)

Material of the particles

c)

% of pore space in a material

d)

Age of the particles

33.

Impermeable materials...

a)

have an abundance of pores.

b)

Absorb water

c)

have little to no pores.

34.
Water flows through permeable materials ____________________ than impermeable materials.
a)
slower
b)
faster
35.

We live in the Cenozoic Era, in the Quaternary Period, in the recent Epoch

a)

True

b)

False

36.

A giant landmass that existed 200 million years ago

a)

Wegener

b)

Pangaea

c)

Pandemic

d)

Eurasia

37.
The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other
a)
True
b)
False

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