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WorksheetsEarth Science Final
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
There are 2 types of ocean currents, this current gets its' energy is from friction and wind.
a)
Deep Ocean
b)
Surface
2.
There are two types of currents, this type has a vertical component that mixes deep-water masses.
a)
Deep Ocean
b)
Surface
3.
Which one of these is not a source of energy for surface currents?
a)
Gasoline
b)
Wind
c)
Friction
4.
What causes vertical deep water currents?
a)
Gyres
b)
Nitrates
c)
Upwelling
d)
Evaporation
5.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
a)
Rising warm water
b)
Higher Salinity
c)
Deflection of currents
6.
What is Salinity?
a)
Phosphates in water
b)
Nitrates in water
c)
Salt in water
d)
Oxygen in water
7.
Which of these is not a process that increases salinity?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Formation of Sea Ice
c)
Precipitation
8.
Which of these is not a process that decreases salinity?
a)
Precipitation
b)
Runoff from land
c)
Melting Icebergs
d)
Evaporation
9.
Which is not a factor that affects water density?
a)
Wavelength
b)
Temperature
c)
Salinity
10.
What happens when surface water reaches the poles?
a)
Temperature Increases
b)
Salinity Decreases
c)
Salinity Increases
d)
Density Decreases
11.
Where do waves get their energy?
a)
Sun
b)
Moon
c)
Wind
d)
Core
12.
Which is not a factor that affects the height, length, and period of a wave?
a)
Wind Speed
b)
Length of time wind has blown
c)
Fetch
d)
Sun Radiation
13.
Which is the distance between 2 wave crests?
a)
Wavelength
b)
Wave Height
c)
Wave Width
d)
Wave Mass
14.
Which is not a direction in which a wave's energy moves?
a)
Forward
b)
Backward
c)
Up
d)
Circles
15.
Which is the direction the particles in a wave move?
a)
Up and down
b)
Forward/Backward
c)
Circles
16.
What is the smallest tidal range called?
a)
Spring Tides
b)
Neap Tides
17.
What is the largest tidal range called?
a)
Spring Tides
b)
Neap Tides
18.
The Sun's rays are strongest where?
a)
Poles
b)
Equator
c)
Northeast
19.
Which is more dense?
a)
Fresh Water
b)
Salt Water
20.
Fish depend on...
a)
Salt
b)
Sediment
c)
Moving water
21.
What % of the Ocean is beyond the reach of the sun?
a)
10%
b)
50%
c)
70%
d)
99%
22.
What is the frozen continent at the southern tip of the Earth called?
a)
Greenland
b)
Iceland
c)
Antarctica
d)
North Pole
23.
Waves are the visible _______ passing through water
a)
Salt
b)
Light
c)
Energy
d)
Sound
24.
What is the surface temperature of the Sun in Kelvin?
a)
2800
b)
3800
c)
4800
d)
5800
25.
What is the surface temperature of the sun in fahrenheit?
a)
1,000
b)
10,000
c)
100,000
d)
1,000,000
26.
What color are the hottest stars in the sky?
a)
yellow
b)
red
c)
white
d)
blue
27.
What color are the coolest stars in the sky?
a)
Yellow
b)
Blue
c)
White
d)
Red
28.
What occurs at the core of a star?
a)
Convective Fusion
b)
Nuclear Fusion
c)
Solar Fusion
d)
Radiative Fusion
29.
What is the main source of fuel for a star?
a)
Helium
b)
Neon
c)
Hydrogen
d)
Oxygen
30.
What stage is our sun in?
a)
White Dwarf
b)
Red Giant
c)
Main Sequence
d)
Protostar
31.
What is a baby star called?
a)
White Dwarf
b)
Protostar
c)
Black Dwarf
d)
Nebula
32.
Which Diagram represents star temperature and brightness?
a)
HR
b)
MRI
c)
CAT
d)
XRay
33.
What is another term for star brightness?
a)
Glosity
b)
Brightsity
c)
Luminosity
d)
Fusion
34.
Between which 2 planets is the Asteroid Belt?
a)
Earth and Mars
b)
Mars and Jupiter
c)
Jupiter and Saturn
d)
Saturn and Neptune
35.
What is a cloud of gas and dust called?
a)
Moon
b)
Planet
c)
Star
d)
Nebula
36.
How long is one rotation on Jupiter?
a)
36 hours
b)
12 hours
c)
10 hours
d)
6 hours
37.
What is the Hottest planet in our solar system?
a)
Mercury
b)
Earth
c)
Venus
d)
Mars
38.
Why is Venus so hot?
a)
Volcanic Activity
b)
Hydrogen Core
c)
Fast Rotation
d)
Metal Atmoshpere
39.
What Galaxy is Earth in?
a)
Andromeda
b)
Nebula
c)
Milky Way
d)
Centipede
40.
How long across is the Milky Way Galaxy?
a)
100,000 kilometers
b)
100,000 miles
c)
100,000 light years
d)
100,000 parsecs
41.
How did the Milky Way Galaxy form?
a)
Cloud of gas and dust
b)
Black hole birth
c)
Supernova Explosion
d)
Earth Collided with Sun
42.
What is at the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy?
a)
Sun
b)
Black Hole
c)
Earth
d)
Nebula
43.
What is at the center of our solar system?
a)
Earth
b)
Sun
c)
Nebula
d)
Black Hole
44.
Meteorites
a)
are in space
b)
crossed atmosphere
c)
hit the ground
45.
Meteoroids
a)
are in space
b)
crossed the atmosphere
c)
hit the ground
46.
Meteors
a)
are in space
b)
crossed the atmosphere
c)
hit the ground
47.
Name of the most famous comet in our solar system
a)
Cassinni
b)
Halley
c)
Hayakutake
d)
Heavens
48.
What are the inner planets called?
a)
Jovian
b)
Gas Giants
c)
Terrestrial
d)
Ice Giants
49.
What are the inner planets made of?
a)
Rock
b)
Ice
c)
Gas
d)
Ammonia
50.
Which is not a terrestrial planet?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Neptune
d)
Venus
51.
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
a)
Venus
b)
Mercury
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
52.
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
a)
Venus
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Mars
53.
What are the Outer Planets called?
a)
Jovian
b)
Terrestrial
c)
Rocky Giants
d)
Metal Giants
54.
What is the Red planet?
a)
Venus
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Mars
55.
Which planet has life?
a)
Uranus
b)
Earth
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
56.
Which planet rotates on it's side?
a)
Venus
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Uranus
57.
Which planet is the "Windy Planet"?
a)
Mars
b)
Saturn
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
58.
Which planet rotates in just 10 hours?
a)
Saturn
b)
Earth
c)
Venus
d)
Jupiter
59.
Which planet is known for its rings?
a)
Saturn
b)
Uranus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Venus
60.
What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
a)
Venus
b)
Mars
c)
Uranus
d)
Mercury
61.
Which planet is the largest?
a)
Saturn
b)
Jupiter
c)
Neptune
d)
Uranus
62.
Which is a Gas Giant?
a)
Mars
b)
Venus
c)
Neptun
d)
Saturn
63.
Which is a Ice Giant?
a)
Mars
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Neptune
64.
What is the innermost layer of the Sun?
a)
Chromosphere
b)
Photosphere
c)
Core
d)
Corona
65.
How many complete Earth’s could we fit inside of the Sun?
a)
1,000
b)
10,000
c)
100,000
d)
1,000,000
66.
How old is the Sun?
a)
3.5 Billion Years
b)
4.6 Billion Years
c)
6 Billion Years
d)
8.3 Billion Years
67.
When can we see the Corona of the Sun?
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Lunar Eclipse
c)
Night
d)
Day
68.
What is a cloud of gas and dust in space called?
a)
Nomad
b)
Nebula
c)
Nector
d)
Nests
69.
What is needed for a star to be born?
a)
Solar Fusion
b)
Nuclear Fusion
c)
Lunar Fusion
d)
Nebula Fusion
70.
Where does Nuclear Fusion occur?
a)
Core
b)
Chromosphere
c)
Photosphere
d)
Convective Zone
71.
What is the most abundant element in our Sun?
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Oxygen
c)
Carbon
d)
Hydrogen
72.
What % of the Sun is Hydrogen?
a)
8.5%
b)
91%
c)
99%
d)
6%
73.
What stage of life is our Sun currently in?
a)
Medium Stage
b)
Red Giant
c)
Main Sequence
d)
White Dwarf
74.
How long until our Sun runs out of Hydrogen fuel?
a)
4 Billion Years
b)
5 Billion Years
c)
6 Billion Years
d)
7 Billion Years
75.
What causes Sunspots?
a)
Solar Wind
b)
Magnetic Activity
c)
Atmospheric Change
d)
Core Temperature
76.
How long does it take light to travel from the Sun to the Earth?
a)
4 Minutes
b)
6 Minutes
c)
8 Minutes
d)
10 Minutes
77.
Plate boundaries where plates slide past each other are called
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Hot Spot
78.
When pressure from a transform boundary is released what occurs?
a)
Tsunami
b)
Earthquake
c)
Explosion
d)
Fire
79.
Plate boundaries where plates collide are called
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Hot Spot
80.
What % of Volcanoes occur at Convergent Plate Boundaries?
a)
60%
b)
75%
c)
90%
d)
99%
81.
Plate boundaries where plates are moving apart are called
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Hot Spot
82.
What is the theory that states that the crust is broken into pieces that move around?
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Plates and Forks
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Pangea
83.
Which is more dense: Continental Crust or Oceanic Crust?
a)
Continental
b)
Oceanic
84.
Which gets pushed back into the mantle when converging: Continental Crust or Oceanic Crust?
a)
Continental
b)
Oceanic
85.
What type of Volcanoes are the Hawaiian Islands?
a)
Composite Cone
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Shield
86.
Volcano that has erupted in the Past 10,000 years
a)
Dormant
b)
Extinct
c)
Active
87.
Volcano that has not erupted in the past 10,000 years but has the potential to.
a)
Dormant
b)
Active
c)
Extinct
88.
Volcano that will never erupt again
a)
Active
b)
Dorment
c)
Extinct
89.
The area of the Pacific Ocean Basin that is full of active tectonic volcanoes
a)
Volcano Ring
b)
Ring of Volcanoes
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Marriage Ring
90.
Melted rock that is still inside of the Earth
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Metal
91.
Melted rock that is outside of the Earth’s surface
a)
Magma
b)
Lava
c)
Toothpaste
92.
The most explosive type of Volcano made of layers of lava, ash, and rock debris
a)
Composite Cone
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Shield
93.
Steep Volcano made from glassy lava fragments called cinders
a)
Composite Cone
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Shield
94.
Low wide sloping Volcano
a)
Composite Cone
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Shield
95.
Why are shield volcanoes low and spread out?
a)
No Pressure
b)
Fluid Magma
c)
Thick Magma
d)
No Carbon Dioxide
96.
The name of the Roman God blacksmith who was thought to produce the volcano smoke
a)
Tomek
b)
Jesus
c)
Vulcan
d)
Ted
97.
What are vents in the Earth’s crust that eject lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas?
a)
Fault
b)
Fissure
c)
Volcano
d)
Boundary
98.
What is another word for magma thickness?
a)
Phatty
b)
Viscosity
c)
Liquidy
d)
Fluid
99.
Which is not a gas abundant in a volcano?
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Water Vapor
100.
Which would have a more explosive eruption: magma with High or Low Viscosity?
a)
High
b)
Low
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