WorksheetsMQSM QUIZ BEE- SCIENCE 11 & 12
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
1. THE SOLIDIFIED MAGMA/LAVA OF A VOLCANO BELONGS TO WHICH ROCK FAMILY?
IGNEOUS
METAMORPHIC
SEDIMENTARY
FOSSILIZED
2. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE DOES O2 COMPRISE?
75%
21%
50%
32%
3. WHAT GAS MAKES UP THE MAJORITY OF OUR ATMOSPHERE?
NITROGEN
OXYGEN
ARGON
CARBON DIOXIDE
4. THE OZONE LAYER IS LOCATED IN WHICH REGION OF THE ATMOSPHERE?
STRATOSPHERE
MESOSPHERE
TROPOSPHERE
THERMOSPHERE
5. A CYCLIST TRAVELS 12KM EAST, THEN 8KM WEST. WHAT IS HIS FINAL DISPLACEMENT?
18 KM EAST
4 KM EAST
18 KM WEST
4 KM WEST
6. THE NAME OF A RAPID RISE OF COASTAL WATER THAT ACCOMPANIES THE ARRIVAL OF A CYCLONE IS CALLED ______.?
HURRICANE
STORM SURGE
TIDAL WAVE
TYPHOON
7. DIAMONDS AND GRANITE ARE POLYMORPHS OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS?
MAGNESIUM
CARBON
SULFUR
NITROGEN
8. TOPAZ IS WHAT NUMBER ON THE MOHS HARDNESS SCALE?
9
8
3
2
9. WHAT DOES PETROLOGIST PRIMARILY STUDY?
EARTHQUAKE
MINERALS
ROCKS
PETROLEUMS
10. WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE TWO MOON OF MARS?
DEIMOS & CALLISTO
IO & EUROPA
PHOBOS & GANYMEDE
DEIMOS & PHOBOS
11. WHICH IS TRUE ABOUT STORM SURGE AND TSUNAMI?
THEY ARE BOTH SMALL WAVES
STORM SURGE IS A SMALL WAVE WHILE TSUNAMI IS A TIDAL WAVE
STORM SURGE IS CAUSED BY THE WIND BROUGHT BY A TYPHOON WHILE TSUNAMI IS CAUSED BY AN EARTHQUAKE
THEY CAN BE FORM FROM ANY BODIES OF WATER
12. A CAR STARTS FROM REST IS UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED AT A RATE OF 4 m/s2. HOW FAST HAS IT MOVING IN 6 SECONDS?
-24 m/s
2.67 m/s
24 m/s
48 m/s
13. MOST LIFE IN THE OCEAN IS FOUND _____.
THROUGHOUT ALL ITS WATER
DEEP DOWN IN THE DEPTHS
FAR FROM SHORE
ON THE SURFACE AND CLOSER TO SHORE
14. SARA IS CONSIDERING MOVING TO CALIFORNIA, BUT SHE IS SCARED OF EARTHQUAKES. WHO WOULD SHE LOOK TO FOR ANSWERS ABOUT EARTHQUAKES ON THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT?
METEOEROLOGISTS
VOLCANOLOGISTS
SEISMOLOGISTS
HISTORICAL GEOLOGISTS
15. WHICH CHARACTERISTICS IS TRUE ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MINERALS?
STREAK IS THE COLOR OF A MINERAL
CLEAVAGE IS THE SMOOTH FLAT PLANES WHICH A MINERAL BREAKS
LUSTER IS HOW A MINERAL REFRACTS LIGHT
MELLEABILITY IS THE ABILITY OF MINERAL TO BE CUTTED BY A KNIFE
