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Earth Science Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 3hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

a)

Water

b)

Animals

c)

Natural gas

d)

Wind

2.

Which of these is renewable?

a)

Water

b)

Oil

c)

Coal

d)

Minerals

3.

The natural resource is any thing comes from ..................................

a)

ground

b)

nature

c)

land

4.

Which object is a natural resource?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Which thing is a natural resource?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

Water, Air , Soil , Rocks , Animals and plants are .......................

a)

Man-made resources.

b)

Natural resources.

7.

In what kind of rock can fossils be found?

a)

Sedimentary Rocks

b)

Igneous Rocks

c)

Metamorphic Rocks

d)

Granite

8.

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

a)

Coal, Oil, and Gasoline

b)

Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

c)

Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum

d)

Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

9.

What changes buried organic matter into fossil fuels?

a)

Industrial Pollution

b)

Ocean Currents

c)

Volcanic Activity

d)

Heat and Pressure

10.

Which layer formed first?

a)

Rock Layer W

b)

Rock Layer X

c)

Rock Layer Y

d)

Rock Layer Z

11.

Which of the following is not a type of fossil fuel?

a)

Coal

b)

Light

c)

Petroleum

d)

Natural Gas

12.

Why do we depend on fossil fuels?

a)

Electricity, transportation, and heating

b)

Food

c)

Sunlight

d)

Growing, building muscle, calcium

13.

Layers of rock formed when sediment is deposited and then compacted and cemented over time.

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Igneous Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

14.

How long does it take fossil fuels to form?

a)

Millions of years

b)

24 hours

c)

about a week or so

d)

10 seconds

15.

What are the 2 key things that were needed to form fossil fuels?

a)

Dinosaurs and Ice

b)

Heat and Pressure

c)

Water and Sugar

d)

Chicken and Rice

16.

Which statement is related to climate?

a)

The temperature has never dropped below 0°C in April.

b)

The barometric pressure is high today

c)

The sky is dark and cloudy.

d)

There is a severe thunderstorm warning for the Dallas area.

17.

Which statement below best describes weather?

a)

Weather is the average temperature of an area over several years.

b)

Weather is recorded yearly.

c)

Weather changes and is recorded daily.

d)

Weather cannot be predicted.

18.

What is the difference between weather and climate?

a)

Weather is measured over a period of years, and climate changes daily

b)

Weather changes daily and can be predicted, but climate cannot ever be predicted.

c)

Weather cannot be predicted, but climate is certain.

d)

Weather conditions describe the daily atmospheric conditions, and climate is the average weather of an area measured over many years.

19.

An area's _______________ is the weather conditions over a long period of time.

a)

weather

b)

climate

c)

precipitation

d)

temperature

20.

Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are all examples of ________________.

a)

Climate

b)

Precipitation

c)

Temperature

d)

Weather

21.

When temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, and precipitation are being measured over a short period of time, we are describing the _____________.

a)

temperature

b)

outside

c)

climate

d)

weather

22.

Temperatures in the Artic are usually below freezing year round.

a)

weather

b)

climate

23.

Winds are currently blowing from the North in Denver, Colorado.

a)

weather

b)

climate

24.

Which statement below describes climate?

a)

It’s hot outside.

b)

It's normally warm outside.

c)

It’s raining outside.

d)

It’s cold and snowing outside.

25.

Meteorologists forecast this.

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

26.

What climate does a desert have?

a)

Tropical

b)

Polar

c)

Arid/Dry

d)

Temperate

27.

an imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the North and South Poles

a)

typical

b)

atmosphere

c)

equator

d)

climate

28.

Breakdown of Rock into smaller pieces from the effects of water, wind , or ice?

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Deposition

d)

Climate

29.

The movement of soil and rock by wind, water, ice, or natural forces?

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Deposition

d)

Climate

30.

Feature on the surface of Earth such as a mountain, hill, dune, ocean, or river.

a)

Runoff

b)

Weather

c)

Fossil

d)

Landform

31.

The build up of land by the settlement of sediments and soil in a new location.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

River

32.

The photograph shows a canyon in northern Arizona. Which of these best describes how this canyon was most likely formed?

a)

Floods eroded the sandstone away from the canyon walls

b)

Glaciers eroded the canyon rock as they melted and moved.

c)

Ice wedged into cracks in the rock and weathered the canyon walls

d)

Wind blew large rocks that smashed against the canyon walls.

33.

What land form is this?

a)

valley

b)

plain

c)

volcano

d)

mountain

34.

What role does the Sun play in the water cycle?

a)

The Sun splits the water molecules and they disappear

b)

The Sun causes clouds to form and they accumulate

c)

The Sun is not part of the water cycle

d)

The Sun causes water to change form and move by heating it up

35.

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

a)

the sun

b)

the earth

c)

water

d)

the moon

36.

Which of these is an example of precipitation?

a)

snow

b)

air

c)

clouds

d)

vapor

37.

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

sublimation

d)

transpiration

38.

Lakes, rivers, and oceans are examples of ___________________, or a buildup that occurs over time.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

accumulation

39.

When water vapor travels to the clouds, the gas cools and changes into a liquid. This process is known as ______________________.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

accumulation

40.

Which stage does the #2 show in the diagram?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

precipitation

d)

run off