This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As the mass of an object ....., it's gravitation pull ..... A) Decreases, increases. B) Increases, decreases. C) Increases, increases. D) Decreases, decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increases, increases. 2. Keelings CO2 measurements match very closely to measurements taken from A) Trees. B) Rocks. C) Oceans. D) Ice cores. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ice cores. 3. Why is Mars' surface red? A) Because there is oxygen in the soil. B) The soil is made out of red silicon dioxide. C) It has iron composition in its soil. D) Oxygen and iron combines to make rust in the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It has iron composition in its soil. 4. A scientific ..... is a statement that describes what always happens under certain conditions in nature. A) Variable. B) Law. C) Method. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Law. 5. What physical property of soil determines if it retains water? A) Texture. B) Particle size. C) Weight. D) Color. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Particle size. 6. What is the study of Earth's atmosphere and weather? A) Geology. B) Oceanography. C) Meteorology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorology. 7. What would happen to the climate if Earth took in more energy than it released? A) The climate would get cooler. B) The climate would not change. C) The climate would get cooler, then warmer. D) The climate would get warmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The climate would get warmer. 8. Harry Hess called his discovery ..... A) Subduction. B) Plate tectonics. C) Volcanism. D) Sea floor spreading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sea floor spreading. 9. A kind of seismic waves that travels only on the Earths crust which has a lower frequency. A) Body wave. B) Love wave. C) Surface wave. D) Rayleigh wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface wave. 10. Which of these is the BEST example of physical weathering? A) Ice fracturing a stone. B) A bulldozer pushing soil. C) Acid rain dissolving limestone. D) Insects eating a dead tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ice fracturing a stone. 11. Divergent boundary A) A rock. B) Plates coming towards each other. C) Plates moving apart. D) Plates that slide past eachother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plates moving apart. 12. The study of the origin, history, processes, and structures of the solid earth is called ..... A) Geology. B) Oceanography. C) Meteorology. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geology. 13. Lehmann discovered that the earth actually had two ..... A) Atmospheres. B) Layers of crust. C) Cores. D) Mantles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cores. 14. At which stage would a river have a lot of sediment deposition? A) Youthful. B) Mature. C) Old. D) Rejuvenated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Old. 15. What caused the interior of Earth to separate into layers? A) A decrease in the rate of rotation of Earth. B) The gravitational pull on materials of varying densities. C) Variations in heating by the Sun due to Earth's tilt. D) Collisions with meteors and comets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The gravitational pull on materials of varying densities. 16. Which of the following scientists studies the rocks under our feet? A) Meteorologist. B) Geologist. C) Astronomer. D) Oceanographer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geologist. 17. Astronomical bodies that orbit a star that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity A) Moons. B) Planets. C) Nebula. D) Asteroids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planets. 18. It takes 24 hour to create one complete round. Tick ( / ) the correct answer. A) Stretching. B) Revolution. C) Rotation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rotation. 19. Which mineral is the hardest on the Mohs scale? A) Talc. B) Feldspar. C) Diamond. D) Quartz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diamond. 20. What are underwater mountain ranges called? A) Abyssal plains. B) Coastal ridges. C) Mid-ocean ridges. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mid-ocean ridges. 21. Match the following word/subject with the topic it relates to the most.Plate Tectonics A) Astronomy. B) Oceanography. C) Geology. D) Meteorology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geology. 22. ..... is the study of outer space and the physical bodies beyond Earth A) Geology. B) Meteorology. C) Astronomy. D) Climatology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronomy. 23. The original continent that was all continents combine A) New York. B) Antarctica. C) Panera. D) Pangea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pangea. 24. This type of weathering occurs when rocks weaken then break down due to chemical changes in the composition of the rock. A) Deposition. B) Chemical weathering. C) Erosion weathering. D) Mechanical weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical weathering. 25. ..... Which of the following statements is true? A) All rocks contain minerals but minerals do not contain rocks. B) All minerals are rocks, but not all rocks are minerals. C) There is no relationship between rocks and minerals. D) Rocks and minerals do not go together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All minerals are rocks, but not all rocks are minerals. 26. The two most abundant elements in the sea water are sodium and. A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) Chlorine. D) Sulphur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chlorine. 27. Branch of Earth Science that deals with all the water on the Earth's surface. A) Geology. B) Meterology. C) Oceanography. D) Hydrology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrology. 28. Which of the following would NOT be something that a geologist would study? A) The prediction of earthquakes. B) The rock layers of the Grand Canyon. C) The prediction of tornadoes. D) The materials that make up the interior of the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The prediction of tornadoes. 29. What percent is oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere? A) 0.2%. B) 78%. C) 21%. D) 0.8%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21%. 30. Formed from dead marine organisms A) Oil and Natural Gas. B) Coal. C) Fossil Fuels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oil and Natural Gas. 31. Match the following word/subject with the topic it relates to the most.Global Warming A) Astronomy. B) Geology. C) Oceanography. D) Meteorology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meteorology. 32. The part of the Earth that is liquid is the ..... A) Lithosphere. B) Inner core. C) Outer core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer core. 33. What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust? A) Rift. B) Mid-Ocean Ridge. C) Island Arc. D) Flat land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mid-Ocean Ridge. 34. Equal areas of which type of surface will reflect the most insolation? A) Black paved road. B) Dark tropical forest. C) Snow-covered field. D) Light gray rooftop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snow-covered field. 35. Where does most fresh water exist? A) Ice caps, lakes, and streams. B) Glaciers, rivers, and oceans. C) Aquifers, ice caps, and glaciers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquifers, ice caps, and glaciers. 36. Cracks in the plates of the Earth A) Faults. B) Minerals. C) Sand. D) Plate tectonics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faults. 37. What two factors affect the gravitational attraction between two objects? A) Surface area and mass. B) Distance and circumference. C) Volume and mass. D) Distance and mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distance and mass. 38. What word tells us that a cloud is considered a 'vertical' cloud? A) Cirrus. B) Stratus. C) Alto. D) Cumulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cumulus. 39. What happens to particle movement/speed when energy is added to a phase? A) Particles don't move. B) Particles slow down. C) Particles go faster. D) Particles stay the same speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Particles go faster. 40. The prevailing winds in the United States blow from the A) North. B) West. C) South. D) East. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West. 41. Which is an effect of lower levels of solar radiation striking Earth? A) Increased incidences of skin cancer. B) Increased phytoplankton activity. C) Decreased carbon dioxide levels. D) Decreased rates of photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decreased rates of photosynthesis. 42. At the equator, Earth spins at a rate of about 1670 kilometers per hour. The circumference of Earth at the equator is about 40, 000 kilometers. About how long does it take Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis at the equator? A) 24 hours. B) 365 days. C) 12 hours. D) 29.5 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24 hours. 43. A continental shelf is a submerged, gently sloping ledge that surrounds the edge of a . A) Region. B) Country. C) Sea. D) Continent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continent. 44. Stone Mountain in Georgia is a granite dome that formed deep underground. Over time, uplift and erosion exposed the granite. What natural activity is MOST responsible for breaking down the mountain today? A) Weathering. B) Faulting. C) Stream erosion. D) Lightening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weathering. 45. The oceanic crust ..... when it reaches the continental crust. A) Sinks. B) Rises. C) Expands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sinks. 46. ..... rocks are formed when molten magma cools and solidifies. A) Elastic. B) Metamorphic. C) Lgneous. D) Chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lgneous. 47. The scientific study of the Earth and the universe around it is called ..... A) Chemistry. B) Physics. C) Biology. D) Earth Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth Science. 48. It is the nearly melted layer of hot rock below Earth's crust. A) Volcanic lava. B) Mantle. C) Hydrosphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 49. Over 75% of the world's volcanoes and many of the world's major earthquakes happen along the A) Mid-Atlantic Ridge. B) Continental drift. C) Ring of Fire. D) Antarctic Coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ring of Fire. 50. The folding and faulting found in the rocks of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia were created by- A) Collisions of continental plates. B) Wave action of prehistoric oceans. C) The Coriolis effect. D) Heating and cooling of the prehistoric atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collisions of continental plates. 51. Decayed organic material in soil is called ..... A) Litter. B) Silt. C) Humus. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humus. 52. Process of evaporation through plant leaves. A) Runnoff. B) Transpiration. C) Condensation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transpiration. 53. A branch of science which deals with the study of the Earth, s crust is called . A) Morphology. B) Geology. C) Climatology. D) Histology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geology. 54. As the velocity of a stream decreases, what happens to the size particles that it is able to carry? A) It's only able to carry larger particles. B) It's only able to carry smaller particles. C) It can carry any size particles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's only able to carry smaller particles. 55. Most of Earth's fresh water is found where? A) Ocean. B) Ice. C) Rivers. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ice. 56. Weather, climate, and the atmosphere are studied in this branch of Earth Science. A) Meteorology. B) Cartography. C) Geology. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteorology. 57. What geological features are found in Bicol Albay? A) Mt. Hibok-Hibok. B) Mt. Mayon. C) Mt. Pinatubo. D) Mt. Apo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mt. Mayon. 58. Sea water freezes below 28.6*F(-1.9*C)whereas fresh water freezes at. A) 30*F. B) 33*F. C) 34*F. D) 32*F. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 32*F. 59. Most of the sand that makes up the sandstone found in New York State was orginally deposited in which type of layers? A) Faulted. B) Folded. C) Titled. D) Horizontal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Horizontal. 60. New York State's highest peak, Mt. Marcy, islocated at approximately A) 74$^ \circ$05 N 44$^ \circ$05 W. B) 44$^ \circ$10 N 74$^ \circ$05 W. C) 44$^ \circ$05 N 73$^ \circ$55 W. D) 73$^ \circ$55 N 44$^ \circ$10 W. 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