Earth Science Quiz 30 (25 MCQs)

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1. What are the 4 different types of storms? (MS-ESS2-6)

2. Our atmosphere has a protective role against dangerous ultraviolet radiation, solar x-rays and other high energy radiation coming from.

3. States that the Earth is at the center of the Solar System

4. The study of the effects of people on the environment

5. A rock that forms from material that is settled into layers

6. Earth science is categorized as physical science because.

7. What caused the solar system to form?

8. The ability to do work or cause change is _____

9. Match the following word/subject with the topic it relates to the most.Ocean Depths

10. What do plates float on?

11. Provide clues to Earth's past climate changes

12. Match the following word/subject with the topic it relates to the most.Star Constellations

13. The ocean, s surface currents are created and driven by the _____ on the Earth, s surface.

14. An explosive volcano made of many layers of ash, lava, and ejected rocks

15. A part of the Earth's crust where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other

16. Rocks can be described in three ways:

17. Dull, silky, waxy, pearly, and earthy are terms that best describe which property of minerals?

18. The breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by natural processes is called _____

19. Most of the oceanic oxygen that began to enter Earth's atmosphere in the early Proterozoic Era was probably produced by

20. Which of the following is most likely to occur at a transform boundary?

21. Which of the following is the most commonly used energy resource?

22. What instrument or device do astronauts use to study space?

23. What type of plate boundary created the Himalaya mountains?

24. The softest mineral on the Mohs Scale is _____

25. The equatorial diameter of the Earth is 12756.274 km and polar diameter of the Earth is.