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WorksheetsEarth Science Final Review
Total questions: 86
Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins
Latitude and Longitude are a way we use to map our world. Latitude MEASURES North and South of the equator.
True
False
The closer your lines are, the more gentle the slope is.
True
False
What Epoch do we currently live in?
Paleogence
Oligocene
Miocene
Holocene
Continental Crust is made out of Granite.
True
False
This type of plate boundary shows two plates moving away from each other. Which type of plate boundary is this?
Subduction
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
The focus of an Earthquake is the part inside the Earth where it originated.
True
False
On a seismograph reading, which is the first wave to arrive at the station?
Primary Waves
Surface Waves
Seconday Waves
Some rocks can have different color streaks than their surface color.
True
False
In the rock cycle, what happens when sedimentary rock changes into metamorphic rock?
Melting and cooling
Heat and pressure
Weathering and Compaction
None of the above
In the rock cycle, what is happening when a rock changes from igneous rock to sedimentary rock?
Melting and cooling
Heat and pressure
Weathering and Compaction
None of the above
The lithosphere is located where in our Earth?
Crust
Mantle
Core
What step in the water cycle occurs when a water turns into water vapor?
condensation
evaporation
precipitation
run off
A plate moving along a fault often causes...
an earthquake
a hurricane
a tornado
If Marble is a rock that has large crystals and formed by exposure to high heat and pressure, what type of rock is it?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
What type of map would be most useful when hiking in mountains?
Topographic
Mercator
Conic
Gnomonic
Earth's rotation causing water and wind to move right (North of the Equator) and left (South of the Equator) is called
Global Warming Winds
Trade Route Winds
Surface Winds
Coriolis Effect
What is the temperature?
138
55
76
3
What is the pressure?
138
55
76
3
What is the wind speed?
138
20
76
3
What is the percentage of cloud cover?
50
75
100
0
What is NOT an interaction between the Earth and the Sun?
Seasons
Ocean Currents
Climate
Mineral deposits
Which of the following does NOT describe a mineral?
Naturally Occurring
Crystalline Solid
Man-made
Inorganic
Which tectonic plate movement could form transform faults?
Plates spreading apart
Plates sliding past each other
Plates colliding and crumpling
One plate sinking under another
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: Which sides of the map are steep?
North
South
East
West
If one is studying rocks, it is called _____________.
Meteorology
Geology
Astronomy
Environmental Science
There are many fossils from the Paleozoic era because…
The organisms had shells or backbones
This was the only time there were living things
They were all put in museums
There were no earthquakes
The reason there are very few fossils from the Pre-Cambrian era is because…
There were no life forms then
The tiny organisms had only soft parts
All the fossils were destroyed in earthquakes
All the fossils were lost
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: Which of the following are part of the top 5 abundant elements found on Earth’s crust?
Oxygen
Aluminum
Uranium
Calcium
What kind of matter is a mineral?
gas
plasma
Crystalline solid
liquid
The large landmass formed when all the continents were connected is known as which of the following?
Laurasia
Pangea
Gondwanaland
Gondwana
Which volcano has the potential to change the Earth’s climate?
Paricutin
Yellowstone Super Volcano
Mt. St. Helens
Mt. Vesuvius
The time difference between Missouri and the North Pole is 2 hours. Santa leaves the north pole on a 1 hour trip to Troy, MO at 9 p.m. What time will Santa arrive in Troy?
*The north pole is located northeast of Troy.
Midnight
6 p.m.
8 p.m.
Noon
What are the coordinates of Alaska?
58 degrees west, 160 degrees north
58 degrees north, 160 degrees west
Which of the following describes an interaction between the atmosphere and geosphere?
Wind causes erosion in rocks.
Wind causes sand storms.
Both of these are true.
Which of these is incorrect?
The geosphere includes the gases in the air.
The biosphere includes all living things on Earth.
The hydrosphere includes ice.
None of these are incorrect.
If an aquifer has high permeability, it will also have:
high porosity
low porosity
Which has a higher prosity?
A
B
Why is coal not considered a mineral?
It does not occur naturally.
It is not a solid.
It does not have a regular composition.
It is organic.
It is flamable.
Which of the following are greenhouse gases?
carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor
carbon dioxide, methane, oxygen, argon
methane, nitrogen, helium
water vapor, ice crystals
nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide
Which of the following is NOT an Earth's system?
hydrosphere
geosphere
atmosphere
biosphere
stratosphere
Which of the following has the order going from smallest to largest?
planet, galaxy, star, atom, universe
universe, galaxy, star, planet, atom
atom, planet, star, galaxy, universe
planet, star, universe, atom, galaxy
The Big Bang Theory explains that the universe ___________.
expanded
had a beginning
used to be much smaller
all of the choices are true
The process of redshifting occurs when a star or galaxy is...
moving away from Earth at a very fast pace.
maintaining a constant distance from Earth.
moving towards Earth at a very fast pace.
red in color.
According to the Big Bang Theory, how old is the universe?
2018 years old
137 million years old
13.8 million years old
13.8 billion years old
Compared to other stars in the universe, our Sun is...
average in temperature and brightness.
hotter than red giants.
cooler than white dwarfs.
all of the choices are true
which of the following is an element that has magnetic properties?
gold
carbon
silicon
iron
The largest layer of the Earth is the.....
Outer Core
Mesosphere
Mantle
Inner Core
Which of the following metals make up most of the Earth's core?
Steel and Copper
Nickel and Titanium
Aluminum and Iron
Iron and Nickel
As you get deeper into the Earth...
Temperature and Pressure decrease
Temperature increases, but pressure decreases
Temperature decreases, but pressure increases
Temperature and Pressure increases
What does tracking S-waves tell us about Earth's interior?
The mantle is the thickest layer
The crust is the coldest layer
The outer core is liquid
The inner core is solid
Which of the following is true when comparing continental crust to oceanic crust?
The ocean crust is thicker
The ocean crust is more dense
The continental crust is more dense
The ocean crust is older
Who was the scientist who is famous for proposing the theory of Continental Drift?
Charles Darwin
Johan Kepler
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
What type of boundary is depicted in this image?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
What plate boundary is depicted in this image?
Divervent
Convergent
Transform
Which of the following formations are found at divergent boundaries
volcanoes
mid ocean ridges
mountain ranges
volcanic islands
Which of the following is an example of a transform boundary?
San Andreas Fault
Hawaiian Islands
Mount St. Helent
Rocky Mountains
What property of magma makes a volcano more likely to explode?
High amount of trapped gas in the magma
High amount of metals
Age of the magma
Amount of magma in the chamber
What is needed to determine how far an Earthquake epicenter is from a seismometer
How strong the quake is
The amount of damage it causes
The arrival time of the P-wave and S-wave
The type of surface wave that results
What relative dating law was used to determine these layers in the image
Cross Cutting
Unconformity
Superposition
Inclusion
What was the LAST thing to form in this image?
D
C
A
E
An unconformity in rock layers happens because of
Weathering/Erosion
Heat/Pressure
Intrusive igneous rocks
Earthquakes
what rock forms due to an increase of heat and pressure applied to an existing rock?
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
Rocks that form directly from cooled lava/magma are
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
sediments that get compacted and cemented together form
igneous rocks
sedimentary rocks
metamorphic rocks
The time it takes for half the atoms of an element to decay into daughter isotopes is its....
Life Cycle
Decomposition Rate
Half Life
Relative Age
Which of the following is used to determine the absolute age of something?
Law of superposition
Half Life
Law of crosscutting relationship
Law of unconformity
Of the terrestrial planets, Earth and Venus are __________.
similar to gas planets
about the same size
very different in size
very different in density
A planet's gravity is related to which of the following?
surface area
weight and density
mass and size
orbit
color
Small rocky bodies that are thought to be leftover remnants of the formation of the solar system are called __________.
asteroids
comets
ion tails
meteors
islands
Debris from the solar system strikes the earth as which of the following?
solar eclipses
moon rocks
ion tails
meteors
fruity pebbles
Which process leads a star to glow and produce energy?
gravitational pull
protostar development
nuclear fission
nuclear fusion
battery replacement
Why do the planets in our solar system stay in their positions?
The sun's gravity keeps them in place.
Friction with the atmosphere keeps them from escaping.
The sun's radiation keeps them there.
They travel that the same distance from each other.
Because He says so.
Which of the following indicates that the universe is expanding?
The spectra of Cepheid variables, which are found in all galaxies, are red shifted.
The spectra of Cepheid variables, which are found in all galaxies, are blue shifted.
The spectra of Cepheid variables, which are found only in our galaxy, are blue shifted.
The spectra of Cepheid variables, which are found only in our galaxy, are red shifted.
I would rather not say.
