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Grade 7 - Earth and Space

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of plate boundary is being shown?

a)

Converging Plates

b)

Diverging Plates

c)

Sliding Plates

2.

The outer layer of the Earth's surface is called the

a)

outer core

b)

inner core

c)

crust

d)

mantle

3.

Plates moving away from each other are called

a)

converging plates

b)

diverging plates

c)

sliding plates

4.

Which type of plate boundary is being shown?

a)

Converging Plates

b)

Diverging Plates

c)

Sliding Plates

5.

What is the inner core?

a)

Liquid layer of Earth

b)

Hot solid ball of metal

c)

Thickest layer of the Earth

d)

Outer layer of the Earth

6.

What are giant plates of rock moving slowly called?

a)

Dinner plates

b)

Plate tectonics

c)

a cliff

d)

Lithosphere

7.

Which type of plate boundary is being shown?

a)

Converging Plates

b)

Diverging Plates

c)

Sliding Plates

8.

What is the liquid layer of Earth (made of metal) called?

a)

Crust

b)

Inner core

c)

Mantle

d)

Outer core

9.

What layer of the Earth is labeled A?

(a)  

10.

What layer of the Earth is labeled B?

(a)  

11.

Which layer of the Earth is the THINNEST?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

12.

Which of the following correctly lists the layers from innermost to outermost?

a)

inner core, outer core, lower mantle, upper mantle, crust

b)

lower mantle, upper mantle, crust, inner core, outer core

c)

lower mantle, inner core, upper mantle, outer core, crust

d)

crust, inner core, lower mantle, upper mantle, outer core

13.

The continental crust is

a)

thinner than the oceanic crust

b)

thicker than the oceanic crust

c)

the same thickness as the oceanic crust

14.

The process of breaking up Earth's surface is called...

a)

sediment

b)

erosion

c)

weathering

d)

deposition 

15.

The ___________of a mountain breaks down the fastest

a)

bottom

b)

middle

c)

top

d)

all parts weather the same

16.
Which agents  break down earth materials?
a)
wind only
b)
earthquakes and gravity
c)
ice and 007
d)
wind, water, and ice
17.

Which layer of the atmosphere has meteors?

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

18.

Which layer of the atmosphere has weather?

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

19.

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone?

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

20.

What is the term for the day to day conditions of the atmosphere?

a)

weather

b)

climate

c)

hurrican

d)

global wind

21.

Which gas makes up the largest portion of air?

a)

oxygen

b)

nitrogen

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

methane

22.

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

a)

clouds

b)

ionosphere

c)

nitrogen gases

d)

the ozone

23.

Earth's atmosphere is mostly made up of which 2 gases? CHOOSE 2!!!!!!

a)

nitrogen

b)

oxygen

c)

ozone

d)

water vapor

24.

For the Earth's atmosphere, section number two in the pie graph BEST represents the percentage of

a)

argon

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

oxygen

d)

nitrogen

25.

Where is 97% of the Earth's water located?

a)

Rivers and Lakes

b)

Glaciers and Icecaps

c)

oceans

d)

groundwater

26.

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.

27.
Why is freshwater important?
a)
So we can have lakes and Rivers
b)
There is no such thing as freshwater.
c)
We need it to survive.
28.
When water goes from being a liquid to a gas (water vapor), that process is called
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Transpiration
29.
When water goes from being a gas (water vapor) to a liquid, that process is called 
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Transpiration
d)
Precipitation
30.
The scientific name for water in its gas phase
a)
Precipitation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Water Vapor
d)
Transpiration
31.
The process that cycles water around Earth and it's atmosphere is called 
a)
The Natural Cycle
b)
The Carbon Cycle
c)
The Water Cycle
32.

About _________ percent of all the water on Earth is in the form of salt water.

a)

90

b)

97

c)

95

d)

98

33.

Water that seeps into soil and enters through aquifers is called _____?

a)

Reservoir

b)

Standing Water

c)

Running Water

d)

Groundwater

34.

Where does water go when water evaporates from a puddle on the street?

a)

It doesn't go anywhere

b)

It sinks into the street

c)

It rises into the atmosphere

d)

It goes into outer space

35.
Ocean's cover what percent of the Earth's surface?
a)
70 %
b)
60 %
c)
10 %
d)
none of the above
36.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
37.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
38.
What is      D?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
39.

Precipitation means...

a)

water vapor cooling to form clouds

b)

water running downhill

c)

water falling from the sky

d)

water heating up and rising as gas

40.

Condensation means...

a)

water vapor cooling to form clouds

b)

water running downhill

c)

water falling from the sky

d)

water heating up and rising as gas

41.

Evaporation means...

a)

water vapor cooling to form clouds

b)

water running downhill

c)

water falling from the sky

d)

water heating up and rising as gas

42.

During evaporation water changes from ...

a)

water vapor (gas) to liquid

b)

liquid to water vapor (gas)

c)

water vapor (gas) to solid ice

43.

During condensation water changes from ....

a)

solid ice to liquid water

b)

liquid water to water vapor (gas)

c)

water vapor (gas) to liquid water drops

44.
Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
accumulation
d)
precipitation
45.

Mountains are formed by ...

a)

Montogenesis

b)

Orogenesis

c)

Volcanosis

46.

Volcanoes occur at which type of boundary?

a)

Sliding

b)

Converging

c)

Diverging

47.

What is the name of the zone when one tectonic plate goes under another?

a)

Abduction

b)

Induction

c)

Subduction

d)

Sunduction

48.

What is the name of the line between tectonic plates where Earthquakes form?

a)

Fault

b)

Subduction

c)

Split

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