Earth Science Quiz 40 (25 MCQs)

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1. Heat rising in the mantle creates _____ boundaries, while the sinking of cold magma creates _____ boundaries.

2. The lower the barometric (air) pressure is, the worse the weather will be.

3. Which two features are commonly found atdivergent plate boundaries?

4. What are the 4 main spheres of Earth?

5. The correct SI unit for measuring length is

6. Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?

7. A _____ force slowly wears a way mountains and other features on the surface of earth.

8. Planetary differentiation (layering of the earth) occurs because of what property of matter?

9. When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, which season occurs in the Southern Hemisphere?

10. The moon is now much cooler that the earth. Why?

11. This is the study of the oceans that make up Earth.

12. The correct SI unit for temperature is _____

13. What color has the longest wavelength?

14. In which layer of the Sun does nuclear fusion occur?

15. What is an example of freezing?

16. Which 2 layers of the Earth form the lithosphere?

17. Which of the following refers to an aggregate of one or more minerals?

18. Which ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge?

19. Tides are characterized by rise and fall of the water level in the.

20. What is Pangaea? (MS-ESS1-4)

21. Following a supernova, the center of a star can collapse and make an ultra dense collection of _____ particles called a neutron star.

22. Which is true about hotter material in the mantle (convection currents)?

23. A record of ground motion produced by an earthquake

24. What is the final step of the scientific method?

25. What increases evaporation?