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Earth Science Review

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When water falls from clouds in liquid or solid form

a)

precipitation

b)

condensation

c)

accumulation

d)

evaporation

2.

Water than flows downward on land

a)

runoff

b)

transpiration

c)

evaporation

d)

condensation

3.

water vapor given off by plants

a)

runoff

b)

transpiration

c)

evaporation

d)

condensation

4.

water collecting in a lake or ocean over a long period of time

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

d)

accumulation or collection

5.

When water turns from liquid form to a gas

a)

evaporation

b)

precipitation

c)

condensation

d)

transpiration

6.

When water vapor turns into a liquid

a)

condensation

b)

runoff

c)

transpiration

d)

evaporation

7.

What word do we give to water when it is the form of a gas

a)

ice

b)

rain

c)

snow

d)

water vapor

8.

Which of the following is associated with transpiration

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

rocks

d)

humans

9.

Warm water heats up to form water vapor in what process

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

run off

10.

What do water droplets form?

a)

condensation

b)

humidity

c)

clouds

d)

runoff

11.
Rock that forms when sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
12.
The process by which igneous rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
melting and cooling
c)
weathering and erosion
13.
The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...
a)
heat and pressure
b)
erosion and deposition
c)
melting and cooling
14.
Rock that forms when pressure and temperature change existing rock.
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Metamorphic Rock
d)
Rock Cycle
15.
The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.
a)
texture
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
d)
erosion
16.
_______ rock forms from magma/lava
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
17.
This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
18.
This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
19.
This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
20.
Cooling & crystalization produce
a)
igneous rocks
b)
metamorphic rocks
c)
sedimentary rocks
21.
True or False: Once a rock is sedimentary, it cannot become an igneous rock.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
a)
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
b)
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
c)
magma, lava, crystals
23.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
24.
As you travel from the inner core to the crust, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?
a)
The would all increase
b)
The would all decrease.
c)
Nothing, the layers are made of the same material throughout
d)
Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase
25.
Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
c)
asthenosphere
d)
lithosphere
26.
The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.
a)
mantle
b)
crust
c)
core
27.
Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.
a)
continental
b)
oceanic
c)
plates
d)
mantle
28.
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
a)
the crust
b)
the mantle
c)
the outer core
d)
the inner core
29.
What is the core made of?
a)
steel
b)
iron 
c)
aluminum
d)
iron and nickel
30.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
31.
What describes the outer core?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
viscous
d)
gas
32.

The lithosphere combines what two layers?

a)

Athenosphere & Crust

b)

Crust & Upper Mantle

c)

Mantel & Asthenosphere

33.
The image illustrates what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Emergent
34.
The image illustrates what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Emergent
35.
The image illustrates what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Emergent
36.
Volcanoes found away from plate boundaries, such as Hawaii, are known as 
a)
hot spots
b)
calderas
c)
trenches
d)
mid-ocean ridges
37.
What is a common occurrence along plate boundaries?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Polarities
c)
Stable land masses
d)
Transpiration
38.
The focus of an earthquake is 
a)
above the epicenter
b)
the epicenter
c)
below the epicenter
d)
next to the epicenter
39.

What landform would you most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Mountain

c)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

d)

Volcano

40.

What landform would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

a)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

b)

Oceanic Trench

c)

Mountain

d)

Volcano

41.

What landform would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

c)

Mountain

d)

Ocean Trench

42.

When one tectonic plate sinks under another, this is called...

a)

Convegent

b)

Divergent

c)

Subduction

d)

Transform

43.

When plates collide together, this boundary occurs...

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

44.

Plates slide past one another at ____ boundaries.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

45.

Which type of boundary do plates move away from each other?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

46.
What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?
a)
Hot Spot
b)
Magma
c)
Lava
d)
Volcano
47.
What type of volcano has steep slopes made of alternating layers of ash and silica rich lava?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)

Shield Volcano

48.
What type of volcano is made of lava fragments that have been ejected from a volcanic vent?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
49.
Where are most volcanoes found?
a)
Southern Hemisphere
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d)
Hot Spots
50.
What is molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface?
a)
Aa
b)
Lava
c)
Magma
d)
Pahoehoe
51.
What do you call a large crater formed by the collapse of a volcano?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
52.
Where do volcanoes come from?
a)
Places where plates move apart
b)
Places where plates are moving together
c)
Hot Spots
d)
All of these options
53.
What causes earthquakes?
a)
the buildup of stress at plate boundaries
b)
storms
c)
ocean currents
d)
hot spots
54.
A big wave caused by an earthquake is called a....
a)
epicenter
b)
hurricane
c)
fault
d)
tsunami
55.
How do mountains form?
a)
when tectonic plates spread apart
b)
when they bubble in the mantle
c)
when two tectonic plates push against each other, forcing the rock upward.
d)
when lava pushes up
56.
This type of volcano is formed in layers.  This nonexplosive eruption produces very runny lava.  
a)
Composite Volcano
b)
Shield Volcano
c)
Stratovolcano
d)
Cinder Cone Volcano
57.
_____________ records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they
move through Earth
a)
Focus
b)
Epicenter
c)
Surface Waves 
d)
Seismograph
58.
 __________ is the point on the surface directly above the point at which an earthquake occurs.
a)
Focus
b)
Epicenter
c)
Surface waves
d)
Seismograph
59.

The point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake starts in the ground.

a)

Magnitude

b)

Fault

c)

Focus

d)

Epicenter

60.

Normal, reverse, and strike slip are the three types of:

a)

plate boundaries

b)

seismic waves

c)

faults

d)

stress

61.
What can cause a tsunami?
a)
earthquake
b)
underwater volcanoes
c)
landslides
d)
all of these
62.

How fast can tsunamis travel?

a)

400 mph

b)

100 mph

c)

1,000,000 mph

d)

500 mph

63.
How high can tsunami waves reach?
a)
10,000 feet
b)
100 meters
c)
100 feet
d)
all of these
64.

What is the best way to survive a tsunami?

a)

float on debris

b)

get to higher ground

c)

stay and watch and film this crazy storm

d)

climb a tree

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