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Earth Science Final

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for water that collects in lakes, rivers, oceans, and other bodies of water?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Accumulation

c)

Dew point

d)

Aquifer

2.

What is a body of air that has a consistent temperature and moisture content called?

a)

Air mass

b)

Axis

c)

Climate

d)

Front

3.

What is energy generated in ways that do not deplete natural resources or harm the environment called?

a)

Fossil fuel

b)

Alternative energy source

c)

Global warming

d)

Conservation

4.

What is a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater called?

a)

Aquifer

b)

Asteroid

c)

Dwarf planet

d)

Comet

5.

What is a small rocky object that revolves around the Sun, most commonly found between Mars and Jupiter?

a)

Comet

b)

Asteroid

c)

Dwarf planet

d)

Galaxy

6.

What is an imaginary line through a planet on which the planet rotates?

a)

Axis

b)

Equinox

c)

Front

d)

Gravitational force

7.

What theory suggests that everything in the universe was once packed together in an extremely small, hot dense ball of energy and matter?

a)

Creation Theory

b)

Big Bang Theory

c)

Conservation

d)

Global warming

8.

What is the average weather in an area over a long period of time called?

a)

Climate

b)

Dew point

c)

El Nino

d)

Fog

9.

What is a small body of ice, rock, and dust that revolves around the Sun in an elongated ellipse?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Comet

c)

Dwarf planet

d)

Galaxy

10.

What is the protection of resources from pollution or damage called?

a)

Conservation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Fossil fuel

d)

Greenhouse effect

11.

What is the measure of how much water vapor is present in the air?

a)

Humidity

b)

Precipitation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Evaporation

12.

What are rotating tropical storms that have achieved wind speeds of 120 km/hr or more called?

a)

Tornadoes

b)

Hurricanes

c)

Thunderstorms

d)

Cyclones

13.

What is the distance north or south of the equator called?

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Altitude

d)

Meridian

14.

What is a rocky body that moves through space and is smaller than an asteroid?

a)

Comet

b)

Meteorite

c)

Planet

d)

Satellite

15.

What is the name of the spiral galaxy in which our solar system is found?

a)

Andromeda Galaxy

b)

Milky Way Galaxy

c)

Triangulum Galaxy

d)

Whirlpool Galaxy

16.

What are natural resources that, once used up, are gone for good called?

a)

Renewable resources

b)

Nonrenewable resources

c)

Sustainable resources

d)

Recyclable resources

17.

What is the elliptical path that a body takes as it travels around another body in space?

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Orbit

d)

Axis

18.

What is a large object that revolves around the Sun or another star called?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Comet

c)

Planet

d)

Meteorite

19.

What is the contamination of soil, water, or air with harmful substances called?

a)

Erosion

b)

Pollution

c)

Sedimentation

d)

Decomposition

20.

What is water that falls from clouds to Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail called?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

21.

What is the process of using raw materials more than once in order to reduce waste called?

a)

Recycling

b)

Composting

c)

Incineration

d)

Landfilling

22.

What are natural resources that can be replaced in a short time called?

a)

Nonrenewable resources

b)

Renewable resources

c)

Sustainable resources

d)

Recyclable resources

23.

What is the complete trip of a planet around the Sun called?

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Orbit

d)

Axis

24.

What is the spinning of a planet on an axis called?

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Orbit

d)

Axis

25.

What is a star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around it called?

a)

Galaxy

b)

Solar system

c)

Universe

d)

Constellation

26.

What is a day during which the Sun's direct rays point toward one of the tropics called?

a)

Equinox

b)

Solstice

c)

Eclipse

d)

Meridian

27.

What is water that flows through soil layers, weathering rocks and soil and eroding minerals called?

a)

Surface runoff

b)

Subsurface runoff

c)

Groundwater

d)

Aquifer

28.

What is water that flows over the surface of land, weathering rocks and soil and eroding minerals called?

a)

Surface runoff

b)

Subsurface runoff

c)

Groundwater

d)

Aquifer

29.

What are weather systems that produce lightning, thunder, heavy rains, and high winds called?

a)

Hurricanes

b)

Tornadoes

c)

Thunderstorms

d)

Cyclones

30.

What is the rising and falling of ocean water due to gravity called?

a)

Tide

b)

Wave

c)

Current

d)

Swell

31.

What are rapidly spinning columns of air that touch the ground called?

a)

Hurricanes

b)

Tornadoes

c)

Thunderstorms

d)

Cyclones

32.

What is the release of water vapor to the atmosphere by plant leaves called?

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33.

What is all the matter and energy that exists called?

a)

Galaxy

b)

Universe

c)

Solar system

d)

Constellation

34.

What is the continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean called?

a)

Water cycle

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Precipitation

35.

What is the condition of the atmosphere at any point in time called?

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

c)

Season

d)

Forecast