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Earth Science Quiz 14 (60 MCQs)

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1. What caused the solar system to form?
2. The ability to do work or cause change is .....
3. Match the following word/subject with the topic it relates to the most.Ocean Depths
4. What do plates float on?
5. Provide clues to Earth's past climate changes
6. Match the following word/subject with the topic it relates to the most.Star Constellations
7. The ocean, s surface currents are created and driven by the ..... on the Earth, s surface.
8. An explosive volcano made of many layers of ash, lava, and ejected rocks
9. Rocks can be described in three ways:
10. Dull, silky, waxy, pearly, and earthy are terms that best describe which property of minerals?
11. The breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by natural processes is called .....
12. Most of the oceanic oxygen that began to enter Earth's atmosphere in the early Proterozoic Era was probably produced by
13. Which of the following is most likely to occur at a transform boundary?
14. Which of the following is the most commonly used energy resource?
15. What instrument or device do astronauts use to study space?
16. What type of plate boundary created the Himalaya mountains?
17. The softest mineral on the Mohs Scale is .....
18. The equatorial diameter of the Earth is 12756.274 km and polar diameter of the Earth is.
19. The slow movement of continents from one part of the globe to another through long periods of geological time is called .
20. Diamond is an example of mineral with
21. Grass, animals, bacteria, living organisms are found in what sphere?
22. The movement of weathered rock and soil
23. The unequal heating rates of the land and water are caused by
24. When it is summer in the United States, it is ..... in South America.
25. Which topic would an astronomer study?
26. Sedimentary rocks are common and cover about ..... percent of the total land area.
27. Precipitation that does not soak into the ground is called this.
28. Since Denver's longitude is 105$^ \circ$ W and Utica'slongitude is 75$^ \circ$ W, sunrise in Denver occurs(1) 2 hours earlier (3) 3 hours earlier(2) 2 hours later (4) 3 hours later
29. What does the root word hydr/a/o mean?
30. Minerals that are commercially valuable are known as.
31. What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?
32. What does inorganic mean?
33. Which of the following types of clouds is usually associated with severe thunderstorms?
34. The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called .....
35. An area which drains into a common river system.
36. What happens to the angle of insolation between 6 am and solar noon?
37. Which instrument is used to measure changes in wind speed?
38. Which change would cause a decrease in the amount of insolation absorbed at Earth's surface?
39. The amount of surface included within a set of boundaries (expressed in square units of length) is called
40. The sun goes through natural ..... year cycles of high output and low output
41. Why have geologists not reached the mantle?
42. The outer core is a mixture of melted iron and.
43. Which of the following is the best way to protect a hillside from erosion?
44. The geosphere would affect the atmosphere during:
45. The outer core is liquid metal while the inner core is solid due to
46. What does CMB stand for?
47. ..... rocks are the most common types on the surface of the Earth.
48. During which phase change of water is the most energy released into the environment?
49. Which two phases changes takes away energy?
50. If you melt a rock/mineral and then let the magma/lava cool, you end with .....?
51. What is the liquid layer of iron and nickel below Earth's mantle?
52. What is the name of the closest star to the earth?
53. Very cold climates occur at Earth's North and South Poles because the polar regions
54. A single continent made up of all of Earth's landmass long ago
55. Which state of matter is the least efficient at transferring energy through conduction?
56. Sally is measuring the mass of an apple. Which SI unit of measure would she use?
57. The land feature formed when sediment is deposited at the mouth of a river is called a(n) .....
58. HUGE slabs of rock called ..... float on molten rock below.
59. When a volcano erruprts, it can spew which of the following?
60. Which of the following is NOT a way to identify a mineral?
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