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Earth Science Test Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the first layer of the atmosphere

a)

Troposphere

b)

Exosphere

c)

O-zone

d)

Stratosphere

2.

What is the second layer of the atmosphere

a)

Exosphere

b)

Thermosphere

c)

Stratosphere

d)

Troposphere

3.

What is the third layer of the atmosphere

a)

Mesosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Exosphere

d)

Space

4.

What is the fourth layer of the atmosphere?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Exosphere

c)

Thermosphere

d)

Space

5.

What is the fifth layer of the atmosphere?

a)

There is no fifth layer

b)

Space

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Exosphere

6.

Which layer in the atmosphere are we and everything we do located?

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Exosphere

c)

Troposhpere

d)

Potato

7.

What layer is the O-zone found in?

a)

Tropsphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

8.

Which Layer is the Ionosphere located?

a)

Tropsphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

9.

What is the ionosphere made of?

a)

Electrically charged particles

b)

lots of colors

c)

Water molecules

d)

Acid

10.

Does air pressure increase or decrease the higher you go?

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

11.

Which two layers does the temperature increase with the altitude?

a)

Troposphere and Mesosphere

b)

Stratosphere and Thermosphere

12.

Are there pauses between each layer?

a)

Yes

b)

No

13.

Most common element in our atmosphere

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Oxygen

d)

Carbon Dioxide

14.

What layer is all the water on earth called?

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Exosphere

15.

What is the earth's crust (land surface) layer called?

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Mesosphere

16.

What is the formula of Gradient?

a)

Distance/time

b)

Change of value/Distance

c)

Altitude/time

d)

Speed/Distance

17.

What is the contour interval?

a)

20ft

b)

100ft

c)

10ft

d)

25ft

18.

What is the altitude of point X?

a)

350ft

b)

340ft

c)

380ft

d)

390ft

19.

How do you find the distance between point X and point Y?

a)

Mark the two points and check their distance on the distance scale below

b)

Guess

c)

Give it any distance value

d)

Measure it with a ruler

20.

What is the gradient of point X & point Y if the distance is 2.5 km?

(take your time, the time limit is set to 10 minutes)

a)

32 ft/km

b)

32 km/ft

c)

25 ft/km

d)

25 km/ft

21.

What is the highest possible altitude of the point marked on the mountain at the top left.

a)

300

b)

299

c)

295

d)

310

22.

Why are there marks on the bottom right contour lines?

a)

To show decrease in elevation

b)

The marks don't mean anything

c)

It looks cool

d)

I don't know

23.

Which way does water flow?

a)

Downhill

(Decreasing elevation)

b)

Uphill

(Increasing elevation)

c)

Doesn't matter, water flows anywhere

24.

What is happening when the contour lines are very close to each other

a)

The area is steep, the elevation is changing in a short distance

b)

They ran out of space

c)

The area is flat, the elevation isn't changing that much

25.

How do you set up a profile?

a)

Line up a paper to the points and mark each time a contour line passes through your paper then plot it onto the graph.

b)

Look at the map and try to redraw the lines between the points

26.

What is the location of the Equator?

a)

0 degrees latitude

b)

0 degrees longitude

c)

180 degrees latitude

d)

180 degrees longitude

27.

What is the location of the prime meridian

a)

0 degrees latitude

b)

0 degrees longitude

c)

180 degrees latitude

d)

180 degrees longitude

28.

What is the location of the international dateline?

a)

0 degrees latitude

b)

0 degrees longitude

c)

180 degrees latitude

d)

180 degrees longitude

29.

When is the North Star (Polaris) equal to your latitude?

a)

When you are in the northern hemisphere

b)

Anytime

c)

When you are in the southern hemisphere

d)

When you are east

30.

Why would you need seconds in your coordinates?

a)

For fun

b)

Precise location

c)

To make the coordinates longer

31.

How can you tell if your coordinates are North?

a)

They count upward

b)

They count downward

c)

They count left

d)

They count right

32.

How can you tell if your coordinates are South?

a)

They count upward

b)

They count downwards

c)

They count left

d)

They count right

33.

How can you tell if your coordinates are West?

a)

They count upward

b)

They count downward

c)

They count left

d)

They count right

34.

How do you tell if your coordinates are East

a)

They count upward

b)

They count downwards

c)

They count left

d)

They count right

35.

What is the location of Ithaca? (the map is in your reference table if you can't see the image well)

a)

42° 25' N, 76° 30' W

b)

76° 30' W, 42° 25' N

c)

76° W, 42° N

d)

42° N, 76°W

36.

What is the location of Buffalo?

a)

42° 50' N, 78° 50' W

b)

78° 50' W, 42° 50' N

c)

78° W, 42° N

d)

42° N, 78° W

37.

What is the location of Syracuse?

a)

43° 5' N, 76° 10' W

b)

76° 10' W, 43° 5' N

c)

76° W, 43° N

d)

43° N, 76° W

38.

Which town is located at 44° 40' N, 73° 30' W?

a)

Old Forge

b)

Plattburgh

c)

Oswego

d)

Long Island