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Earth Science Review

Total questions: 127

Worksheet time: 2hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hot coffee is stirred with a spoon, the spoon gets hot due to

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

2.

A chair is placed several feet from a fire in a fireplace. The fireplace has a glass screen. The side of the chair facing the fireplace gets warm because of

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

3.

A certain type of decorative lamp contains colored liquids. These liquids form globs that break off and rise to the top of the liquid. The globs rise due to

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

4.

Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

5.

In a swimming pool, the water near the surface is slightly warmer. The warm water rises because of

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

6.

You are in the top bunk of a bunk bed and you want to turn the air conditioner on while your friend on the bottom bunk is fine is caused by

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

7.

The cause of weather systems on earth is

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

8.

A fireman feels a door and it is hot. Why does his hand feel hot?

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

9.

A huge boulder at the state park gets so hot during the day.

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

10.

Warm air over the beach rises while cooler dense air from the ocean rushes in due to

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

11.

A house burns down. On the house across the street, all of the vinyl siding is twisted and warped by the heat. The heat was transferred across the street by

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

12.

As you hold pieces of ice, they begi to melt from the warmth of you hand on them. This is because of

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

13.

A group of friends gather around a fire to stay warm.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

14.
The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
15.
In heat transfer, heat always flows from the _______________ substance to the _______________ substance.
a)
Hotter to colder
b)
Colder to hotter
c)
Hotter to hotter
d)
Colder to colder
16.
The type of heat transfer that happens through direct contact of molecules or particles with each other is ___________________.
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
d)
insulation.
17.
The kind of heat transfer that travels through space in electromagnetic waves is ______________________.
a)
insulation.
b)
Radiation
c)
Conduction
d)
Convection
18.
___________________ is the type of heat transfer that occurs in fluids, such as warm air rising and cold air sinking; creating wind.
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
d)
insulation.
19.

Which statement is true?

a)

The quicker a molecule moves, the colder it is.

b)

The slower a molecule moves, the warmer it is.

c)

The quicker a molecule moves, the warmer it is.

20.

When you use a microwave, what is the main way that heat is transferred?

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

21.

Heating a room with a fireplace

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

22.

Which of the following is not a method for heat transfer

a)

Radiation

b)

Insulation

c)

Conduction

d)

Convection

23.

In which of the following state are the particles closest together?

a)

Fluid

b)

Gas

c)

Liquid

d)

Solid

24.

How does heat energy reach the Earth from the Sun

a)

Convection

b)

Radiation

c)

Conduction

d)

Insulation

25.

Which is the best surface for reflecting heat radiation?

a)

Shiny white

b)

Dull white

c)

Shiny black

d)

Dull black

26.

Which is the best surface for absorbing heat radiation?

a)

Shiny white

b)

Dull white

c)

Shiny black

d)

Dull black

27.

What is the definition of CONDUCTION?

a)

When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.

b)

a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.

c)

When thermal energy transfers by collisions between particles.

d)

When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.

28.

What is the definition of CONVECTION

a)

When heat transfers through waves.

b)

When heat transfers from objects that are touching.

c)

The transfer of thermal energy in a fluid (liquid/gas) by movement of warm / cool fluids.

d)

Heat traveling from the sun

29.
The heat from a lamp allows a lizard to remain warm. This is an example of which type of heat transfer?
a)
radiation
b)
conduction
c)
convection
d)
insulation
30.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer. 
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation 
31.
Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.
a)
high to low
b)
low to high
c)
high to high
d)
It can travel high to low and low to high. 
32.
a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

33.
A hot rock is dropped into a pail of cool water. Heat energy transferred from the rock to the water by
a)
Boiling
b)
Evaporation
c)
Conduction
d)
Radiation
34.

When you pull your Totino's Pizza rolls out of the oven and the pan is so hot it burns your hand because you forgot your protective mit. The energy move to your hand from the pan to your hand through ...

a)

Conduction

b)

Radiation

c)

Convection

35.

What type of thermal energy transfer is number 1 pointing to?

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

d)

Insulation

36.

Which is energy that is transferred between objects due to a temperature difference between those objects?

a)

heat

b)

radiation

c)

conduction

d)

insulation

37.

If you leave a metal spoon in a pot of soup while it cooks on the stove, the spoon will get too hot to touch. The heat transfer would be.....

a)

heat

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

d)

Conduction

38.

What are the best thermal conductors?

a)

wood

b)

plastic

c)

metal

d)

gas

39.

What term means the transfer of thermal energy in a fluid by the movement of warmer and cooler fluids?

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

d)

heat

40.

Which term means the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves, such as light and microwaves?

a)

Conduction

b)

Radiation

c)

Convection

d)

heat

41.

Which item is a good example of convection currents?

a)

fire

b)

oven

c)

lava lamp

d)

sun

42.

Which item is an example of conduction?

a)

Sun

b)

a metal spoon in a hot pot of soup

c)

weather patterns

d)

fire pit

43.

When particles of a liquid are heated they become

a)

More Dense

b)

Less Dense

c)

Stay the same Density

d)

I Dont Know

44.

The metal skewer gets so hot that you drop your marshmallow in the campfire because of...

a)

Conduction

b)

Radiation

c)

Convection

45.

A huge rock at a state park gets so hot during the day that you cannot sit on it from radiation. You are able to lay on the same rock at night and keep warm by ...

a)

Conduction

b)

Radiation

c)

Convection

46.

A chocolate bar melts in a car on a sunny day because of ...

a)

Conduction

b)

Radiation

c)

Convection

47.

A hot air balloon rises into the sky because of ...

a)

Conduction

b)

Radiation

c)

Convection

48.
Eggs cooking in a frying pan.
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
49.
Which direction will the heat flow while this person holds a hot cup of tea?
a)
from the cup to her hand
b)
from her hand to the cup
c)
no heat is transferred
50.
Tongue freezing to a metal pole.
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
51.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
52.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
53.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
54.
This land formation occurs at a divergent continental/ continental boundary.
a)
mid ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
pacific hot spot
d)
rift valley
55.
What happens to temperature as you go deeper in the Earth?
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
fluctuates
d)
remains the same
56.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
57.
What is represented by the picture? 
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Pangea
c)
How the continents are arranged today
d)
Volcanoes
58.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
59.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
60.
Which type of crust is more dense and thinner?
a)
Continental
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Oceanic
d)
Byers
61.
A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Spreading
62.
Which answer below correctly describes the formation of a volcanic island arc?
a)
Islands are created along the mid ocean ridge as new oceanic crust is formed.
b)
Islands are created one at a time as the plate moves across a hot spot in the mantle.
c)
Islands are created along a subduction zone as oceanic crust is forced back down in to the mantle.
d)
Islands are created as pressure is released when two tectonic plates are pulled apart.
63.

The idea that continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and

moved

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Tectonic Plates

c)

Transform

64.

Forms where plates are moving away from each other

a)

Divergent-

b)

Convergent-

c)

Transform-

65.

Formed where two sections of Earth’s crust are colliding

a)

Divergent-

b)

Convergent-

c)

Transform-

66.

The land mass where all of the continents were once together in one large continent is called ________________.

a)

Laurasia.

b)

Pangaea.

c)

Eurasia.

d)

Gondwana.

67.

Tectonic plates consist of

a)

continental crust.

b)

mesosphere.

c)

both continental and oceanic crust.

d)

oceanic crust.

68.

The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of

a)

magnetic reversal.

b)

global positioning.

c)

continental drift.

d)

oceanic drift.

69.

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

a)

the rotation of the Earth.

b)

convection currents in the Asthenosphere

c)

the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

d)

the Moho discontinuity.

70.

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

a)

convection.

b)

continental drift.

c)

subduction.

d)

conduction.

71.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
72.

The three types of plate boundaries are

a)

Convergent, divergent, change

b)

Divergent, allegiant, insurgent

c)

Convergent, divergent, transform

d)

Push, pull, slide

73.

What is common at convergent boundaries?

a)

Valleys

b)

Canyons

c)

Mountains

d)

Rivers

74.

The lower mantle is

a)

Solid material extending to Earth's core.

b)

Made up of the lithosphere and asthenosphere .

c)

Layer of molten metal.

d)

Innermost layer of solid metal.

75.

The outer core is

a)

Made up of the lithosphere and asthenosphere .

b)

Solid material extending to Earth's core.

c)

Layer of molten metal.

d)

Outermost layer of the Earth.

76.

The inner core is

a)

Layer of molten metal.

b)

Outermost layer of the Earth.

c)

Made up of the lithosphere and asthenosphere .

d)

Innermost layer of solid metal.

77.

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

a)

crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

b)

mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

c)

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

d)

outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

78.

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as _______

a)

convection.

b)

continental drift.

c)

subduction.

d)

conduction.

79.

The geological theory of _______ states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion.

a)

subduction

b)

plate tectonics

c)

deep-ocean trenches

d)

sea-floor spreading

80.

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______

a)

transform boundary

b)

divergent boundary.

c)

convergent boundary.

d)

rift valley.

81.

Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth’s

a)

continents.

b)

mantle.

c)

lithosphere.

d)

inner core.

82.

The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake area. What type of

boundary is it?

a)

Converging

b)

Diverging

c)

Transform

d)

Sea Floor Spreading

83.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
84.
What are Tectonic Plates?
a)
A continent 
b)
The Trees in Vietnam 
c)
ThE PlaTES That MoVE uNdERGRound :)
d)
The Plates that move the Continents
85.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Puzzles
c)
Earthquakes
86.

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

a)

the rotation of the Earth.

b)

convection currents in the Asthenosphere

c)

the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

d)

the Moho discontinuity.

87.
What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?
a)
Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
b)
glacier scars and evidence from temperature
c)
mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents
d)
all of the above
88.
What layer is the hottest?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
89.
Which layer is made up of iron and nickel?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Lithosphere
90.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
top crust,bottom crust
b)
oceanic crust, continental crust
c)
water,land
d)
none of the above 
91.
Identify each layer - #15.
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Asthenosphere
92.
What is the outer core composed of?
a)
Basalt
b)
Granite
c)
Solid Metals
d)
Molten (liquid) Metals
93.
Identify each layer - #19.
a)
mantle
b)
lithosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
94.
What part of the crust is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Continental Crust
b)
Oceanic Crust
c)
Bread Crust
95.
What layer of Earth do we live on?
a)
Crust
b)
Core
c)
Mantle
96.
True or False:  The Earth's crust is made of rock
a)
True
b)
False
97.
What Layer is 3?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
98.
Scientists determine what Earth’s interior looks like by using:
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Seismic Waves
c)
Continental Drift
d)
Convection Currents
99.

What is denser? The lithosphere or the asthenosphere?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

100.
What layer of the mantle is flexible like plastic?
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
lower mantle
101.

Which type of crust is denser?

a)

continental

b)

oceanic

102.

Crust and upper most solid mantle is the

(a)  

103.
If you traveled from the center of Earth to the surface, the pressure would...
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
d)
unsure
104.
If we compare the temperature and pressure of the Earth’s mantle to the core, what differences can we expect as we move downward into the Earth?
a)
Both the temperature and pressure increase.
b)
Both the temperature and pressure decrease.
c)
The temperature increases and the pressure decrease.
d)
The temperature decreases and the pressure increases.
105.
Which earth layer is #3?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
106.
This layer contains most of Earth's mass.
a)
Inner Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Crust
107.

Which layer of Earth creates its magnetic field?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

108.

Mantle convection is the very slow creeping motion of Earth’s solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface.

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Earthquake

c)

Convection Currents

d)

Core

109.

Hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.

a)

Convection Current

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Core

d)

Magma

110.

The very center of the Earth, and the hottest part of the planet.

a)

Outer Core

b)

Inner Core

c)

Magma

d)

Lithosphere

111.

The mostly-solid bulk of Earth’s interior. It lies between Earth’s dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust.

a)

Mantle

b)

Inner Core

c)

Outer Core

d)

Lithosphere

112.

The part of Earth's mantle lying beneath the lithosphere and believed to be much hotter and more fluid than the lithosphere.

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Continental Crust

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer Core

113.

This is considered as the fastest kind of seismic waves.

a)

Love waves

b)

Body waves

c)

Primary waves

d)

Secondary waves

114.

It can travel through solids only

a)

Love waves

b)

Rayleigh waves

c)

Primary waves

d)

Secondary waves

115.
Which type of wave arrives first during an earthquake?
a)
Primary (p-wave) waves
b)
Secondary (s-wave) waves
c)
Rayleigh Waves
d)
Love Waves
116.

These type of seismic waves move back and forth and can penetrate solids, liquids, and gases.

a)

P-waves

b)

S-waves

c)

Tidal-waves

117.

These waves move side to side and can only pass through solids.

a)

P-waves

b)

S-waves

118.

P waves travel faster than S waves

a)

True

b)

False

119.

Both P and S waves travel through solids.

a)

True

b)

False

120.

Only P waves travel through the inner core.

a)

True

b)

False

121.

These waves can travel through the inner core...

a)

P waves only

b)

S waves only

c)

P and S waves

d)

Neither P nor S waves

122.

Which picture correctly shows how S waves travel through the layers of the Earth?

a)

A

b)

B

123.

In the picture, which arrow is pointing to the layer that is a liquid?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

124.

Which diagram below correctly shows the shadow zone for S waves.

a)

A

b)

B

125.

Which layer can S waves not move through?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

126.

Where is the mantle?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

127.

Where is the inner core?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

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