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Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

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1.

Which of the following is a compositional layer of the Earth?

a)

athenosphere

b)

crust

c)

lithosphere

d)

mesosphere

2.

Which of the following is a physical layer of the Earth?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

core

d)

mesosphere

3.

Which layer is made of melted rock?

a)

outer core

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

crust

4.

Which layer is made of solid metals?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

5.

Which of these is NOT an example of the 4 spheres impacting each other

a)

a hurricane destroying a city

b)

global warming

c)

the water cycle

d)

an alligator eating a gazelle

6.

The process of a liquid changing to a gas is called

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

7.

The process of a gas (water vapor) changing into a liquid is called

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

d)

precipitation

8.

The process by which water evaporates from a plant's leaves is called

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

transpiration

9.

Water that flows across Earth's surface in to a body of water is called?

a)

precipitation

b)

accumulation

c)

runoff

d)

ground water

10.

The process in which water continuously moves from Earth's surface in to the atmosphere and back again is known as

a)

carbon cycle

b)

nitrogen cycle

c)

water cycle

d)

rock cycle

11.

Which of the following is NOT a physical layer of the Earth?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

athenosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Troposphere

12.

Which spheres are interacting when a tree is blown down by wind, completely uprooting the tree and creating a big hole in the ground?

a)

biosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

geosphere

d)

atmosphere

13.

Which spheres are interacting when a flower absorbs the rain water?

a)

geosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

biosphere

d)

atmosphere

14.

What process must sediments undergo to form sedimentary rock?

a)

melting and cooling

b)

heat and pressure

c)

weathering and erosion

d)

compaction and cementation

15.

What process is necessary to change an igneous rock to a metamorphic rock?

a)

melting and cooling

b)

weathering and erosion

c)

heat and pressure

d)

compaction and cementation

16.

Rock that formed from cooled magma or lava

a)

igneous

b)

sedimentary

c)

metamorphic

17.

Rock that forms when another kind of rock is squeezed and heated deep inside Earth's crust.

a)

metamorphic

b)

igneous

c)

sedimentary

18.

Rock that formed when sediments were pressed and cemented together

a)

metamorphic

b)

igneous

c)

sedimentary

19.

What the lower atmosphere is like at any given place or time is called

a)

climate

b)

temperature

c)

humidity

d)

weather

20.

The blanket (layers) of air (gases) that surrounds Earth is called

a)

biosphere

b)

atmosphere

c)

geosphere

d)

hydrosphere

21.

Which layer of the atmosphere is responsible for our weather

a)

stratosphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

thermosphere

d)

troposphere

22.

The PATTERN of weather an area experiences over a long period of time

a)

weather

b)

humidity

c)

climate

d)

precipitation

23.

What does Hydro- mean?

a)

life

b)

earth

c)

water

d)

gas

24.

Earth is 70-73% water. What percentage of the water is salt?

a)

90%

b)

2%

c)

98%

d)

21%

25.

What percentage of the earth's water is fresh water?

a)

50%

b)

2%

c)

10%

d)

98%

26.

The part of the Earth on which tectonic plates move is...

a)

mesophere

b)

lithosphere

c)

asthenosphere

d)

stratosphere

27.

The process of water returning to the atmosphere from plants and trees

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

28.

When water vapor cools forming a liquid

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

29.

The process when water moves from the atmosphere to land and and oceans

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

30.

The process when liquid changes to a gas

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

31.

Layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

32.

Layer of the atmosphere that protects Earth from meteroites

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

33.

Which are compostional layers of the Earth?

a)

mesophere

b)

crust

c)

mantle

d)

core

34.

Water that flows across Earth's surface in to a body of water is called

a)

ground water

b)

run off

c)

precipiation

d)

overflow

35.

The process in which water continuously moves from Earth's surface in to the atmosphere and back again is known as

a)

Earth cycle

b)

rock cycle

c)

water cycle

d)

air cycle

36.

Precipitation stored in underground caverns or porous rock

a)

run off

b)

oceans

c)

ground water

d)

a very deep puddle

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