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Earth Chapter 1 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Earth system includes rocks, sand, and mountains?

a)

geosphere

b)

atmosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

biosphere

2.

Buffalo, people, and flowers are part of what Earth System?

a)

hydrospere

b)

atmosphere

c)

biosphere

d)

geosphere

3.

This Earth System includes rivers, lakes, oceans, and clouds.

a)

biosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

geosphere

4.

What does the Cryosphere Include???

a)

Water

b)

Living Organisms

c)

Ice

d)

Earth Crust and Mantle

5.

What is the atmosphere?

a)

all the air and gases on the planet

b)

made up of living things

c)

the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

d)

the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

6.

Meteorology is...

a)

Moisture falling from the atmosphere as rain, snow, or hail

b)

A force exerted onto a surface by the weight of air molecules

c)

The study of weather

7.
What branch of Earth Science does this picture represent?
a)
Oceanography
b)
Meteorology 
c)
Geology
d)
Astronomy
8.

What is oceanography?

a)

The study of dolphins.

b)

The study of the ocean.

c)

The study of jellyfish.

d)

The study of waves.

9.

The study of the Earth, the materials of which it is made, the structure of those materials, and the processes acting upon them. It includes the study of organisms and rocks that have inhabited our planet.

a)

Fossil

b)

Geological Timescale

c)

Geology

d)

Rocks

10.

the study of how the natural world works, how the environment affects humans and how humans affect the environment

a)

environment

b)

environmental science

c)

environmentalism

d)

ethics

11.
This variable in an experiment is the one being changed by the scientist. 
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
12.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 
a)
scientific method
b)
recipe
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
13.
A testable prediction about a scientific investigation is a(n)
a)
Question
b)
Observation
c)
Hypothesis
d)
Experiment
14.

The variable that is being measured or observed is called the _______________. Hint: this is the variable that is the result or effect

a)

independent variable

b)

dependent variable

c)

control variable

15.
This part of the experiment serves as a basis of comparison; the one variable being tested has been omitted. 
a)
experimental group
b)

control

c)
data
d)
variables
16.

The SI units of science are based on the __________ system

a)

Emperical

b)

Standard

c)

Metric

d)

Science

17.

Which is the correct form of scientific notation?

a)

0.202 x 103

b)

2.02 x 103

c)

20.2 x 103

d)

None of the above

18.

A representation that explains an object, theory or complex process

a)

design

b)

model

c)

black box

d)

collaboration

19.
Scientific theories are based on
a)

large amounts of data collected with repeated investigations.

b)

only mathematical principles that can be proven true.

c)

small amounts of data once.

d)
observations from within only one scientific discipline.
20.

A description of natural events that has been proven to be true time after time, without exception. This describes

a)

data.

b)

a theory.

c)

a conclusion.

d)

a law.