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4th Quarter_Reviewer

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which layer of the Earth is a dense solid ball of Iron and Nickle?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

2.

What do geologists do?

a)

Study space

b)

Study air

c)

Study trees

d)

Study Earth and rock

3.

The study of the planet Earth is called:

a)

Geology

b)

Biology

c)

Astronomy

4.

The soft part of the Mantle below the Lithosphere is called the:

a)

Crust

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Asthenosphere

d)

Core

5.

A wave of energy produced by an earthquake is a:

a)

Boom

b)

Explosion

c)

Geology

d)

Seismic Wave

6.

What layer of the Earth is represented by the letter A?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

7.

What layer of the Earth is represented by the letter B?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

8.

What layer of the Earth is represented by the letter C?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

9.

What layer of the Earth is represented by the letter D?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

10.

A force that builds up features on Earth's surface is known as a:

a)

Destructive force

b)

Constructive force

11.

A force that slowly wears away features of Earth's surface is known as a:

a)

Destructive force

b)

Constructive force

12.

Which of these natural events can be caused by tectonic plate movement? (Check all that apply)

a)

Earthquake

b)

Volcano

c)

Mountain

d)

Tsunami

e)

Landslide

13.

This fault boundary is called ______________ and can result in volcanoes or mountains.

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

d)

not my fault

14.

The edges of tectonic plates are called:

a)

plate edges

b)

tectonic borders

c)

tectonic rims

d)

fault lines

15.

If an earthquake forms in the ocean, this may occur:

a)

blizzard

b)

tsunami

c)

mountain

d)

hurricane

16.

What is plate movement and how is it caused?

a)

Plate movement is the cause of the plate tonics moving and the thermal energy that it has.

b)

Plate movement is caused because of the plates thermal energy of the earths surface.

c)

Plate movement is caused by the thermal energy in the earth's surface, in which moves very slowly because of the heat.

17.

What are the three plate movements boundries?

a)

convergent, divergent, & trenches

b)

divergent, transform, convergent

c)

divergent, geological, & transform

18.

What is a convergent boundary?

a)

move together

b)

the separate

c)

slip past each other

19.

What are divergent boundary?

a)

move together

b)

they separate

c)

slip past each other horizontally

20.

What is a transform boundary?

a)

move together

b)

APART

c)

slip past each other horizontally

21.

The place in the crust of the Earth where the earthquake originates is known as

a)

Core

b)

Focus

c)

Mantle

22.

The movement of the earth’s plates causes

a)

cyclones

b)

earthquakes

c)

thunderstorms

23.

Do this During an earthquake:

a)
b)
c)
24.

Magma becomes lava when it reaches a volcano's ______.

a)

Vent

b)

Crater

c)

Chamber

d)

Mantle

25.

Is the process by which an ocean floor sinks beneath an ocean trench and into the mantle.

a)

Subduction

b)

Hot spot

c)

Caldera

d)

Volcanism

26.

An opening on the Earth's crust through which hot molten rock flows out from deep inside the Earth.

a)

Volcano

b)

Fault line

c)

Fold

d)

Crater

27.

Comprises the many volcanoes that rim the Pacific Ocean

a)

Ring of Fire

b)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

c)

Eurasian-Melanesian Mountain Belt

d)

Pacific Rim

28.
The condition of the atmosphere, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and rainfall
a)
climate
b)
weather
c)
trend
d)
season
29.
In which layer of the atmosphere do we live and weather occurs?
a)
stratosphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
troposphere
30.

Contains molecules that absorb harmful ultraviolet rays.

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

All of the above.

31.

Where satellites orbit.

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

All of the above.

32.

Auroras and Northern Lights occur here.

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

All of the above.

33.
The earth is a tilted planet.  What is the degree of tilt?
a)
Approximately 25 degrees
b)
Exactly 25 degrees
c)
23.5 degrees
d)
90 degrees with respect to the sun
34.
Which of the following best describes equinoxes?
a)
The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun
b)
The norther hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
c)
The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
d)
The southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
35.
Which of the following best describes solstice.
a)
Either the longest or shortest day of the year for a hemisphere
b)
December 21 or 22
c)
June 21 or 22
d)
All of the above
36.
What does the earth's tilt cause?
a)
The seasons
b)
Day and Night
c)
Tsunamis
d)
Earthquakes
37.
What is the shape of the earth's orbit around the sun?
a)
Circular
b)
Elliptical (slightly oval)
c)
Square to rectangular
d)
Variable and changes with the seasons (no particular shape)
38.
What effect does the tilt of the earth have?
a)
It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas
b)
It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year
c)
When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have night
d)
When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have day
39.
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?
a)
The equator rotates slower than the poles.
b)
The equator remains the same distance from the sun.
c)
The equator always receives direct sunlight.
d)
The equator has 18 hour days.
40.
One rotation of Earth is equal to
a)
a day.
b)
a year.
41.
What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down?
a)
Seasons would be the same.
b)
Seasons would be more extreme.
c)
There would be no seasons.
42.
What causes day and night?
a)
revolution of Earth
b)
rotation of Earth
c)
orbit of Earth
d)
The moon blocks the Sun
43.
Earth's axis always points toward - 
a)
Polaris
b)
the south
c)
the sun
d)
the moon
44.
How long does it take for Earth to rotate on its axis one time?
a)
24 hours
b)
24.25 hours
c)
365 days
d)
365.25 days
45.
Period of 24 hours or the time it takes Earth to make one complete spin on its axis
a)
Rotation
b)
Compass
c)
Sundail
d)
Movement
46.
What causes the sun to look like it is rising in the east and setting in the west?
a)
moon's orbit
b)
sun's rotation
c)
Earth's revolution
d)
Earth's rotation
47.
What is the name of the imaginary line running through the North Pole to the South Pole?
a)
orbit
b)
axis
c)
equator
d)
latitude
48.
The Earth revolves around the sun.
a)
True
b)
False
49.
Earth revolves around the sun every ----
a)
365.25 days
b)
365 days
c)
24 hours
50.

What is the study of the universe and how it changes with time?

a)

Meteorology

b)

Astronomy

c)

Botany

d)

Zoology

51.

Which is the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere?

a)

solar wind

b)

corona

c)

sunspots

d)

chromosphere

52.

What holds Earth and all other planets together?

a)

Heat and Light

b)

Magnetisim

c)

Gravitational Pull

d)

Electricity

53.

Which is NOT a precautionary measure against the harmful effects of the sun?

a)

Joseph takes a bath regularly.

b)

Mark do some outdoor activities in a well-ventilated and shaded area.

c)

Jude plays ball between 10:00 am up to 3:00 pm outside their house.

d)

Gabriel drinks at least 8 to 10 glasses of water a day.

54.

AGREE OR DISAGREE

Wear protective gear like caps, umbrellas, and sunglasses when going out during hot sunny days.

a)

Agree

b)

Disagree

55.

AGREE OR DISAGREE

Overexposure to ultraviolet wavelengths is helpful and essential for the skin.

a)

Agree

b)

Disagree

56.
The inner and outer planets are divided by...
a)
The asteroid belt
b)
The oort cloud
c)
The kuiper belt
d)
a fraction
57.
What is the correct order of planets from the sun?
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
c)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
d)
Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Earth, Pluto, Mars, Mercury, Neptune
58.
What does the word terrestrial mean?
a)
Warm planets
b)
planets with moons
c)
planets with ailens
d)
Rocky planets
59.
The difference between a moon and a planet is...
a)
A moon is made of rock, a planet is made of gas
b)
Moons can only be seen with a telescope
c)
Moonss revolve around a planet, planets revolve around a sun
d)
That's no moon... ITS A SPACE STATION!
60.

What are the four inner planets?

a)

Earth, Uranus, Mercury, Venus

b)

Mercury Venus Earth Saturn

c)

Mars, Earth , Mercury, Venus

d)

Mars, Earth, Neptune, Mercury

61.

What are the outer planets?

a)

Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Neptune

b)

Saturn, Neptune, Mars, Uranus

c)

Uranus, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter

d)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

62.

Which planets are the gas giants?

a)

Earth, Jupiter, Venus, Neptune

b)

Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune

c)

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mars

d)

Uranus, Jupiter, Earth, Neptune

63.

How many planets are in our solar system?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

64.

Which two facts describe Earth?

a)

inner planet

b)

outer planet

c)

terrestrial planet

d)

gas giant