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Earth and Beyond Practice

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name this boundary
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Sergent
2.
Name the boundary
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
sergent
3.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
d)
sergent
4.
Which of the following is associated with transform boundary?
a)
volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes and fault line
5.
Mountains form from....
a)
Plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
d)
none of these
6.
Plate movement is caused by _____
a)
The rotation of the Earth
b)
Ocean tides
c)
Convection current in the mantle
d)
The moon's gravity
7.
Created by a divergent boundary
a)
rocky mountain
b)
Mariana's Trench
c)
mid-Atlantic ridge
d)
volano
8.

Major geological events that occur when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; frequent occurrences along all types of plate boundaries

a)

Volcano

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Tsunami

d)

Tornado

9.

How was the moon formed?

a)

The moon has always been there

b)

Giant impact

c)

Capture of an asteroid

d)

A great wizard magically made it

10.

a large, bowl-shaped cavity on the surface of the moon is called a...

a)

Maria

b)

Ray

c)

Phase

d)

Crater

11.

Which is currently the most popular theory about the moon's formation?

a)

The Capture Theory

b)

The Accretion Theory

c)

The Fission Scenario

d)

The Giant Impact Theory

12.

What did the analysis of samples from the Apollo missions suggest about the Earth and Moon?

a)

They are completely different

b)

They have similar composition

c)

They are made of different materials

d)

They have no similarities

13.

What is the giant-impact theory of Moon formation based on?

a)

Collision between Earth and Mars

b)

Capture of a wandering body by Earth

c)

Creation of the Moon along with Earth

d)

Collision between Earth and Theia

14.

The place where to plates meet?

a)

Pattern

b)

Plate Boundary

c)

Mantle

d)

Earthquake

15.

Occurs when plates crash into or pull away from each other and hot magma from below rises up to the surface in an eruption?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Tsunami

c)

Volcano

d)

Liquid inner core explodes

16.
Stars are formed in a large cloud of gas and dust called a
a)
cumulonimbus cloud
b)
nebula
c)
neutron star
d)
black hole
17.

What are nebulae?

a)

groups of exploding stars

b)

clouds of gas and dust in space

c)

a collection of stars

d)

groups of stars forming a pattern

18.
Gravity pulls gases and dust particles in space toward one another, squeezing them into a smaller and smaller space. The temperature at the center rises high enough for nuclear fusion of hydrogen to begin.
What stage in a stars life cycle is this describing? 
a)
The birth of a star
b)
The death of a star
c)
Black Hole
d)
Stellar Nebula
19.

Stellar nursery is an area in space where (a)   are formed.

20.

When does solar eclipse happen ?

a)

Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun

b)

Sun passes between the Earth and the Moon

c)

Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon

d)

Any astronomical body passes between the Earth and the Sun

21.

Which one shows the lunar eclipse ?

a)
b)
22.

Solar eclipses always occur on

a)

Full moon

b)

New Moon

c)

Present moon

d)

No moon

23.

What is the correct alignment during a solar eclipse?

a)

Sun ,earth ,moon

b)

Sun ,moon, earth

c)

Moon,Sun ,earth

d)

moon ,earth , sun

24.

What is the order in a LUNAR Eclipse

a)

Sun Moon Earth

b)

Sun Earth Moon

c)

Earth Sun Moon

25.

In what phase does a Lunar Eclipse occur

a)

Full Moon

b)

Last Quarter

c)

Waxing Gibbous

d)

New Moon

26.

Why are earthquakes and volcanoes often happening at plate boundaries?

a)
Earthquakes and volcanoes are caused by human activities.
b)
Earthquakes and volcanoes often happen at plate boundaries due to tectonic plate interactions.
c)
Plate boundaries are stable and do not experience geological activity.
d)
Tectonic plates are fixed and do not interact with each other.
27.

What is stellar nursery?

a)
A stellar nursery is a planet formation zone.
b)
A stellar nursery is a region in space where new stars are formed.
c)
A stellar nursery is a black hole.
d)
A stellar nursery is a type of telescope.

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