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Science Week 2023 - Earth Science

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process by which water vapor changes into liquid water?

a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)

Precipitation

d)
Transpiration
2.

What layer of the Earth is composed of solid rock and includes both the continental and oceanic crust?

a)

Asthenosphere

b)
Outer Core
c)

Lithosphere

d)
Inner Core
3.

Which natural disaster is caused by the rapid shaking of the Earth's crust due to the release of energy from seismic waves?

a)
Tornado
b)
Hurricane
c)
Flood
d)
Earthquake
4.

What is the term for the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller particles by natural forces such as wind, water, and ice?

a)

Weathering

b)
Condensation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Photosynthesis
5.

Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layer and is responsible for absorbing most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation?

a)
Troposphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Thermosphere
6.

What type of rock forms from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

a)
Sedimentary rock
b)
Metamorphic rock
c)
Igneous rock
d)
Fossil rock
7.

Which force is responsible for the tides on Earth and is primarily caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun?

a)
Electromagnetic force
b)
Nuclear force
c)
Gravitational force
d)
Frictional force
8.

What is the process of converting a liquid into vapor, occurring at the surface of a liquid?

a)
Condensation
b)
Sublimation
c)
Freezing
d)
Evaporation
9.

Which type of rock is formed from the alteration of existing rock through heat, pressure, or chemically active fluids?

a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Metamorphic Rock
d)
Magma Rock
10.

What evidence supports the theory of continental drift?

a)
Fossils of the same species found on different continents
b)

Matching shapes of continents that once fit together as a larger continent

c)

Similar rock formations and mountain ranges found across continents

d)

All of the above