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Earth and Space IPC

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What step in the water cycle occurs when a water turns into water vapor?

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

evaporation

2.

What is the difference in air pressure at the peak of a mountain versus the base of the mountain?

a)

Air pressure is greater at the base of the mountain.

b)

The Air pressure depends on the weather.

c)

Air pressure is lower at the base of the mountain.

3.

What tool do scientists use to study wind speeds inside a thunderstorm to learn about a tornado?

a)

Fujita Scale

b)

Doppler Radar

c)

Space Satellites

4.

A plate moving along a fault often causes...

a)

an earthquake.

b)

a tornado.

c)

a hurricane.

5.

Choose the correct definition and example of a fossil fuel.

a)

a rock rich in minerals that can be removed from Earth. Ex. metal

b)

cell that changes energy from the Sun into electrical energy. Ex. solar panels

c)

items made from organisms that lived long ago. Ex. coal

6.

Contamination of the ocean or land is...

a)

the greatest risk of from using an oil drill.

b)

caused by sediment.

c)

a nonrenewable energy source.

7.

Chemical weathering...

a)

is when rock is broken into smaller pieces, and the material that makes up the rock or soil also changes.

b)

is when only the size of the rocks is changed.

c)

is when nothing changes.

8.

Physical weathering...

a)

is when only the size of the rock changes.

b)

is when nothing changes.

c)

is when rock is broken into smaller pieces, and the material that makes up the rock or soil also changes.

9.

What option shows an example of a renewable and nonrenewable natural resources?

a)

trees and solar energy

b)

plants and oxygen

c)

water and natural gas

10.

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as _______

a)

convection.

b)

continental drift.

c)

subduction.

d)

conduction.

11.

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

a)

convection.

b)

continental drift.

c)

subduction.

d)

conduction.

12.

The geological theory of _______ states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion.

a)

subduction

b)

plate tectonics

c)

deep-ocean trenches

d)

sea-floor spreading

13.

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______

a)

transform boundary

b)

divergent boundary.

c)

convergent boundary.

d)

rift valley.

14.

The place where two plates come together is known as a _______

a)

transform boundary.

b)

divergent boundary.

c)

convergent boundary.

d)

rift valley.

15.

Below is a picture of sea-floor spreading. How are the ocean crusts moving?

a)

Converging

b)

Diverging

c)

Sliding

d)

No movement

16.

This layer of Earth is the thickest part

a)

crust

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

17.

What are the two types of crust

a)

continental and oceanic

b)

ocean and upper

c)

lower and upper

18.

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

a)

divergent

b)

continent-to-continent convergent

c)

ocean-to-continent convergent

19.
What are Tectonic Plates?
a)
A continent 
b)
The Trees in Vietnam 
c)
ThE PlaTES That MoVE uNdERGRound :)
d)
The Plates that move the Continents
20.

What is Pangaea?

a)

the name of a German scientist

b)

the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago

c)

another name for continental drift

21.

What are the two types of crust?

a)

continental and oceanic

b)

ocean and basin

c)

lower and upper

22.

What are the two types of crust?

a)

continental and oceanic

b)

ocean and basin

c)

lower and upper

23.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
24.

Air current that brings the weather to North America and Canada

a)

polar easterlies

b)

prevailing westerlies

c)

trade winds

25.

Coriolis effect

a)

caused by Earth's rotation

b)

caused by Earth's revolution

c)

caused by Earth's tilt

26.

Source of all energy in our atmosphere

a)

ions

b)

water cycle

c)

The Sun

27.

Convection

a)

transfer of heat by flow

b)

transfer of heat by touch

c)

transfer of heat by waves and rays

28.

Conduction

a)

transfer of energy by flow

b)

transfer of energy by touch

c)

transfer of energy by waves and rays

29.

Heated air moves which direction

a)

up

b)

down

c)

right

30.

These arrows represent what in Earth's atmosphere?

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

31.

What is the violent shaking of Earth's crust as built-up energy is released.

a)

earthquake

b)

epicenter

c)

fault

32.

What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

a)

earthquake

b)

epicenter

c)

fault

33.

Name the point underground where the faulting in an earthquake occurs.

a)

earthquake

b)

epicenter

c)

focus

34.

What do you call melted rock below the Earth's surface?

a)

lava

b)

fault

c)

magma

35.

Where do many earthquakes and volcanoes occur along the Pacific Ocean?

a)

along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

b)

along the Nazca Plate

c)

along the Ring of Fire

36.

Which boundary presses together?

a)

sliding boundary

b)

converging boundary

c)

diverging boundary

37.

When two plates are moving away from each other they are called (often forming rifts or valleys)?

a)

Divergent Plates

b)

Convergent Plates

c)

Transform Boundaries

38.

An earthquake of 8.5 or higher would do this.

a)

No damage

b)

Minor damage

c)

Major damage

39.

Earthquakes occur along these.

a)

bedrock

b)

sandstone piles

c)

plate boundaries

40.

What is an example of a renewable resource?

a)

hydroelectric

b)

oil

c)

coal

41.
Fossil fuels are renewable resources. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
42.
Nonrenewable or Renewable? Water
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
43.
Nonrenewable or Renewable? Coal
a)
Renewable
b)
Non-Renewable
44.

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

a)

Renewable Energy Resource

b)

Nonrenewable Energy Resource

c)

Fossil Fuels

45.

Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

a)

They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.

b)

They are being formed too far beneath the surface.

c)

We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

46.

What percentage of our energy use comes from fossil fuels?

a)

25%

b)

45%

c)

86%

47.

Energy that uses heat that comes from within the Earth is called what?

a)

Geophysical

b)

Geography

c)

Geothermal

48.

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

a)

Coal, Oil, and Gasoline

b)

Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

c)

Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum

49.

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

a)

milk

b)

coal

c)

biomass

50.

Scientist who study Cells is a ?

a)

Zoologist

b)

Biologist

c)

Botanist

51.

Scientist who studies Rocks is a ?

a)

Biologist

b)

Zoologist

c)

Geologist

52.

Scientist who studies Animals is a?

a)

Geologist

b)

Zoologist

c)

Biologist

53.

This term means anything that takes up space.

a)

Physics

b)

Chemist

c)

Matter

54.

Three examples of Matter are__

a)

Solid, Gas, Rocks

Solid, Liquid, Rocks

b)

Liquid, Space, Solid

c)

Gases, Liquids, Solids

55.

Forensic, Physical, Earth and Life Science are called?

a)

Scientific Method

b)

Branches of Government

c)

Science Branches

56.

Study of Matter and Energy is what?

a)

Life Science

b)

Forensic Science

c)

Physical Science

57.

Botanists studies what?

a)

Animals

b)

Plants

c)

Cells

58.

A Meteorologists study what?

a)

Living Things

b)

Matter and Energy

c)

Climate and Weather