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Earth Systems Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not one of the physical layers of Earth?

a)

Mantle

b)

Core

c)

Asthenosphere

d)

Crust

2.

Which of the following is the Earth’s densest atmospheric layer?

a)

Mesosphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Thermosphere

d)

Troposphere

3.

What is it called when layers pile up and press down on the material below?

a)

Compaction

b)

Cementation

c)

Layering

d)

Stratification

4.

Which is not a process of the water cycle?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Freezing

d)

Evaporation

5.

How do animals get nitrogen ?

a)

The atmosphere

b)

Rainwater

c)

Lightning

d)

Eating other organisms

6.

In what layer of the atmosphere do all weathering events occur?

a)

Troposhere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Exosphere

7.

Which shows each of

the following layers in order from the outermost layer?

a)

mantle, outer core, crust, and inner core

b)

inner core, outer core, crust, and mantle

c)

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

d)

mantle, crust, outer core, inner core

8.

Which of these makes up the greatest part of air?

a)

nitrogen

b)

oxygen

c)

water

d)

carbon dioxide

9.

When large rocks are broken down into smaller parts by physical and chemical means.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

both

d)

neither

10.

What is the hydrosphere?

a)

Rivers, oceans, and lakes of the Earth

b)

Water on the Earth’s Surface

c)

Oceans of the Earth

d)

None of the above.

11.

A Crystalline or glassy rock formed when magma or lava cools down and solidifies is called

a)

Sedimentary rocks

b)

Metamorphic Rocks

c)

Igneous rocks

d)

Morphic rocks

12.

A type of rock which is made as a result of cementation and compaction of sediment grains, over a long period of time is called

a)

Sedimentary rock

b)

Metamorphic rock

c)

Igneous rock

d)

Morphic rock

13.

Why is the ozone layer vital to life on Earth?

a)

Planes fly in the ozone layer

b)

It shields the Earth from ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun

c)

It is made up of oxygen (O2)

d)

It causes clouds to be created

14.

This layer is the outermost layer of the atmosphere. Satellites orbit the atmosphere in this layer.

a)

Exosphere

b)

Thermosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Ozone Layer

15.

What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

16.

Which layer of the Earth’s layers has convection currents that move the tectonic plates?

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

17.

Continual process in which a rock is changed in to an another rock is called

a)

Rock Cycle

b)

Rock Sedimentation

c)

Sorting of rocks

d)

Accumulation of rocks

18.

What are the 3 major types of rock?

a)

Metamorphic, igneous, cementation

b)

Brown, red, gray

c)

Igneous metamorphic, sedimentary

d)

Streak, crystallization, breakage

19.

Itendify the cycle

a)

Water Cycle

b)

Nitrogen Cycle

c)

Carbon Cycle

d)

Phosphorus Cycle

20.

Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and _________ crust.

a)

Continental

b)

Plates

c)

Oceanic

d)

Mantle