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Earth Science EOY Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Includes oceans, freshwater, streams, lakes and glaciers.

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Geosphere

d)

Atmosphere

2.

This sphere interacts will ALL other Earth's spheres.

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

3.

The rigid layer of Earth made up of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle.

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer Core

4.

Which layer of Earth makes up the majority of Earth's mass?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer Core

5.

Which layer of Earth is a solid layer of iron and nickel due to intense pressure?

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer Core

6.

Which of the following theories is Continental Drift connected to?

a)

Plate Tectonics

b)

Evolution

c)

Gravity

d)

Nebular Hypothesis

7.

What is NOT an interaction between the Earth and the Sun?

a)

Seasons

b)

Ocean Currents

c)

Climate

d)

Mineral deposits

8.

Which tectonic plate movement could form transform faults?

a)

Plates spreading apart

b)

Plates sliding past each other

c)

Plates colliding and crumpling

d)

One plate sinking under another

9.
Branch of Earth Science that deals with objects beyond the Earth's atmosphere.
a)
Meterology
b)
Astronomy
c)
Geology
d)
Climatology
10.

All of the Earth's water is found in which sphere?

a)

Geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Atmosphere

11.

In which sphere are all LIVING things found?

a)

Biosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Asthenosphere

d)

Atmosphere

12.

Which layer of Earth is responsible for the movement of tectonic plates?

a)

Inner Core

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Asthenosphere

d)

Outer Core

13.

Which process is responsible for the formation of mountains?

a)

Volcanic Eruption

b)

Erosion

c)

Plate Tectonics

d)

Weathering

14.

Volcanic activity is most likely to be found at which type of plate boundary?

a)

transform

b)

convergent

c)

divergent

d)

transvergent

15.
Over the past 200 years, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has
a)
decreased slightly
b)
increased until recently, and then decreased
c)
increased faster than in the past
d)
stayed about the same
16.

On which day did it most likely snow in Greenville, SC?

a)

a. January 23

b)

b. January 24

c)

c. January 25

d)

d. January 26

17.

Compared with the climate in Columbia, South Carolina, winters in Des Moines, Iowa are more likely to be very cold with a great amount of snow because _______________.

a)

a. Des Moines is located further north than Columbia.

b)

b. Des Moines is located very close to the Arctic Circle.

c)

c. Des Moines is located in an area with many mountains.

d)

d. Des Moines is located closer to a large source of moisture.

18.

What is the greenhouse effect?

a)

A natural process where gases trap heat in the atmosphere.

b)

A man-made process where gases trap heat in the atmosphere.

c)

A natural process where the ocean traps heat in the atmosphere.

d)

A man-made process where the ocean traps heat in the atmosphere.

19.

Which of these is NOT a greenhouse gas?

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Nitrous Oxide

c)

Oxygen Gas

d)

Methane

20.

What is the MOST significant way that humans contribute to the greenhouse effect?

a)

We do not contribute to the greenhouse effect.

b)

We burn fossil fuels.

c)

We practice animal agriculture.

d)

We make too much waste.

21.

In the past hundred years, the overall amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has...

a)

decreased

b)

stayed about the same

c)

increased

22.

Without the greenhouse effect, the Earth would be...

a)

colder.

b)

about the same.

c)

warmer.

23.

By adding more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, humans are...

a)

decreasing the average temperature of Earth.

b)

not affecting the average temperature of Earth.

c)

increasing the average temperature of Earth.

24.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: The consequences of man-made global warming includes...

a)

An increase in average temperature.

b)

More severe weather events.

c)

A rise in sea levels.

d)

People being displaced from their homes.

25.

According to this chart, cellular respiration...

a)

takes Oxygen Gas and produces Carbon Dioxide.

b)

takes Carbon Dioxide and produces Oxygen Gas.

26.

The process by which a liquid changes into a gas?

a)

evaporation

b)

climate

c)

global warming

d)

El Nino

27.

The process by which a gas changes into a liquid?

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

planet order

d)

rotation

28.

Any form of water that falls from clouds; such as rain or snow?

a)

precipitation

b)

condensation

c)

lunar cycle

d)

water cycle

29.

resources that nature can produce again and again in a short period of time- LUMBER

a)

renewable resources

b)

nonrenewable resources

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

30.

resources that nature cannot replace quickly enough to meet people's needs -FOSSIL FUELS

a)

renewable resources

b)

nonrenewable resources

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

31.

fuels formed in the ground from the remains of dead plants and animals - GAS, OIL, PETROLEUM

a)

rotation

b)

climate

c)

erosion

d)

fossil fuels

32.

the spinning of a planet, moon, or star on its axis

a)

rotation

b)

climate

c)

fossil fuel

d)

deposition

33.
Earth's orbit follows an elliptical path.
a)
Kepler's 1st law
b)
Kepler's 2nd law
c)
Kepler's 3rd law
d)
Nutation
34.
When Earth orbits around the sun, it slows down when it is close to the sun. It speeds up its orbit when it is further from the sun. This is because the sun's gravity is stronger when you are closer to it.
a)
Kepler's 1st law
b)
Kepler's 2nd law
c)
Kepler's 3rd law
d)
Nutation
35.
Planets further from the sun have an orbit that lasts MUCH longer than planets that are close to the sun.
Pluto's orbit lasts over over 90,000 days.
Mercury's orbit lasts 88 days.
a)
Kepler's 1st law
b)
Kepler's 2nd law
c)
Kepler's 3rd law
d)
Nutation
36.

What does the Geocentric system look like?

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.

What does the Heliocentric system look like?

a)
b)
c)
d)
38.
The place where a planet is farthest away from the Sun in its orbit around the Sun is called the
a)
aphelion
b)
perihelion
39.

This process takes place in the core of the Sun and combines two smaller hydrogen atoms into a larger helium atom.

a)

Fusion

b)

Fission

c)

Chemistry

d)

Radiation

40.

The process by which rocks are broken down.

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Sedimentation

d)

Metamorphism

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