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Spheres

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
a)
Outer core
b)
Inner core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
2.
What is caused when the tectonic plates slip?
a)
thunderstorms
b)
hurricanes
c)
tornadoes
d)
earthquakes
3.
The measure of the energy released by an earthquake is called ____________________.
a)
Magnitude
b)
Seismic Waves
c)
Force
d)
Vectors
4.

What is erosion?

a)

The movement of sediment

b)

The breaking of sediment

c)

The dropping of sediment

5.

Which of the following is made mostly of Liquid Iron?

a)

Inner Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Asthenosphere

d)

Outer Core

6.

Earth's current atmosphere is

a)

78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen

b)

78% hydrogen, 21%nitrogen

c)

78% nitrogen, 21% argon, 1% oxygen

d)

78% oxygen, 21% nitrogen, 1% carbon dioxide

7.
Heat from the sun travels to Earth by _____.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
insulation
d)
radiation
8.

What protects the earth from harmful UV rays from the sun?

a)

clouds

b)

ionosphere

c)

nitrogen gases

d)

the ozone

9.

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Methane

c)

Water vapor

d)

All answers are correct

10.
Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be
a)
warm 
b)
cold
c)
dead
11.

About how much of the earth's water is freshwater?

a)

50 %

b)

3 %

c)

97 %

d)

93 %

12.
Why is MOST of the freshwater on Earth not available for our use?
a)
All freshwater on Earth is easily accessible for use.
b)
It is frozen in the icecaps and glaciers.
c)
It is surface water.
d)
It is underground.
13.
Where does most fresh water exist?
a)
ice caps, lakes, and streams
b)
glaciers, rivers, and oceans
c)
aquifers, ice caps, and glaciers
14.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
15.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
16.

Water found in the ground is called

a)

surface water

b)

mud

c)

aquifer

d)

groundwater

17.

As altitude increases

a)

temperature increases and air pressure decreases.

b)

temperature increases and air pressure increases.

c)

temperature decreases and air pressure increases.

d)

temperature decreases and air pressure decreases.

18.

In a closed system, such as Earth,

a)

matter can enter & leave, energy cannot.

b)

matter can enter & leave, so can energy.

c)

energy can enter & leave, matter cannot.

d)

neither matter nor energy can enter or leave.

19.

What impact does the hydrosphere have on the Earth's temperature?

a)

heats it up

b)

cools it down

c)

keeps it just right

d)

it has no impact

20.

As an air mass cools, what happens to the water in it?

a)

it condenses

b)

it evaporates

c)

it transpirates

d)

it groundwaters