This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following describes rocks formed when sediments are buried, compacted, and cemented together? A) Organic. B) Foliated. C) Nonfoliated. D) Clastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clastic. 2. Temperature is measured in ..... A) Degrees. B) Inches. C) Feet. D) Centimeters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Degrees. 3. (TEST VARIABLE/WHAT WE CAN CHANGE) A) The wing shape. B) The type of paper used to construct the plane. C) The temperature in the classroom. D) The distance the airplane will fly dependent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wing shape. 4. What is it called when weathered rock is carried away? A) Erosion. B) Raining. C) Breaking. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erosion. 5. Which planet is the densest? A) Mars. B) Mercury. C) Venus. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth. 6. Which ocean current has the greatest warming influence on the climate of the Outer Banks of NorthCarolina? A) North Atlantic Current. B) Labrador Current. C) Gulf Stream Current. D) Canary Current. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gulf Stream Current. 7. What is a seismologist? A) The study of earthquakes. B) The study of size in the environment. C) The study of the ocean. D) The study of snakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of earthquakes. 8. How was natural gas formed? A) Decayed organic matter. B) From the remains of plants and animals. C) Pressure and heat on organic matter. D) All of these answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers. 9. If an object is blue-shifted, what can you conclude about its motion? A) It's not moving. B) It's moving away. C) It's moving closer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's moving closer. 10. What type of rocks are gneiss, phyllite, schist, and slate have a layered or banded appearance that are produced by exposure to heat and directed pressure? A) Foliated Metamorphic Rocks. B) Non Foliated Metamorphic Rocks. C) Organic Metamorphic rock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foliated Metamorphic Rocks. 11. What does weathering mean? A) To form or create new. B) To break down. C) To build up. D) To completely destroy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To break down. 12. In order to make observations, an observer must always use A) Experiments. B) Mathematical calculations. C) The senses. D) Proportions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The senses. 13. Gas changed into a liquid A) Melting. B) Freezing. C) Evaporation. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condensation. 14. The process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a land form or land mass. A) Divide. B) Mouth. C) Erosion. D) Deposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deposition. 15. Quarks are a part of an ..... A) Star. B) Atom. C) Universe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atom. 16. Scientists use which kind of waves to determine the properties of Earth's internal layers? A) Ocean waves. B) Light waves. C) Sound waves. D) Seismic waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seismic waves. 17. Between about 48 and 306 kilometers above the surface is the A) Troposphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Stratosphere. D) Lonosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lonosphere. 18. Which weather instrument is most useful inmeasuring relative humidity? A) Wind vane. B) Anemometer. C) Barometer. D) Psychrometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychrometer. 19. What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? A) Volcano. B) Mountain. C) Rift. D) Island Arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountain. 20. Process by which sediments are dropped by erosion, such as water dropping seashells A) Rock cycle. B) Deposition. C) Weathering. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deposition. 21. Which is the BEST evidence that rocks found deep underground were once exposed at the surface? A) The rocks have been folded by pressure. B) The rocks have been melted by a magma. C) The rocks have been weathered by water. D) The rocks have been broken by faults. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rocks have been weathered by water. 22. What is Meteorology? A) The study of Meteors. B) The study of rocks. C) The study of organisms. D) The study of the entire atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The study of the entire atmosphere. 23. The course of a river can be divided into ..... sections. A) 6. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 24. Where are flood plains found? A) At the point where the river empties into the ocean. B) Along a river bottom. C) Along the sides of a river. D) At the beginning of a river. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Along the sides of a river. 25. Made of iron and nickel, solid due to pressure A) Mantle. B) Outer core. C) Crust. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner core. 26. Equal areas of which type of Earth surface willabsorb more insolation and radiate more energyback toward space in the same amount of time? A) Light colored and rough. B) Dark colored and rough. C) Light colored and smooth. D) Dark colored and smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dark colored and rough. 27. Agents of change in landforms are A) Wind. B) Waves. C) Ice. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 28. An earth centered model of the universe A) The big bang. B) Geocentric. C) Heliocentric. D) Solar system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geocentric. 29. Which subsystem do bodies of water surround the Earth a part of? A) Hydrosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrosphere. 30. The movement of the Earth's plates on the mantle A) Faults. B) Minerals. C) Sand. D) Plate tectonics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plate tectonics. 31. Which scientist developed a new model of planetary motion? A) Hutton. B) Rutherfod. C) Kepler. D) Kelvin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kepler. 32. Oceanography topics include which of the following? A) Waves, tides, and ocean depth. B) Volcanoes, Tsunamis, and Earthquakes. C) Monsoons, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes. D) Stars, Planets, and Galaxies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waves, tides, and ocean depth. 33. Which of the following is a medium sized star that is often average in temperature? A) Red giant. B) White dwarf. C) Main-sequence. D) Blue pulsar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Main-sequence. 34. If the half-life of a radioactive group of atoms is 5, 730 years, then how old is the rock if there have been two half-lives go by? A) 11, 460 years. B) 13, 000 years. C) 14, 000 years. D) 12, 500 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11, 460 years. 35. What is the process called when a glacier deposits rocks in oceans and lakes? A) Depotism. B) Deposition. C) Drainage. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deposition. 36. A principle that describes the behavior of a natural phenomenon is a A) Scientific model. B) Scientific law. C) Scientific theory. D) Scientific error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientific law. 37. What are the two main branches of science? A) Social Science and Natural Science. B) Biology and Chemistry. C) Social Science and Non-social Science. D) Chemistry and Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Science and Natural Science. 38. He proposed the Seafloor Spreading Theory. A) Harvy Hess. B) Harry Mess. C) Hary Hess. D) Harry Hess. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harry Hess. 39. Water that is drinkable and can be used for other household chores is called what? A) Good water. B) Vitamin water. C) Potable water. D) Safe water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potable water. 40. The Green House effects help explain ..... A) Depletion of the ozone. B) Acid Rain. C) Global warming. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Global warming. 41. The zone that is above 66.5 degrees north and below 66.5 degrees south A) Polar zone. B) Temperate zone. C) Tropical zone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polar zone. 42. Climate change is part of ..... A) Climatology. B) Environmental science. C) Both climatology and environmental science. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both climatology and environmental science. 43. First dog to orbit the Earth in 1957. A) Kolkata. B) Belka. C) Strelka. D) Laika. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laika. 44. Geology topics include which of the following? A) Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Rocks. B) Waves, Tides, and Currents. C) Planets, Stars, and Galaxies. D) Monsoons, Tsunamis, and Hurricanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Rocks. 45. It is known as the "Planetary Hotspot" A) Mars. B) Mercury. C) Venus. D) Betelgeuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venus. 46. It is the interface between the crust and the mantle A) Gutenberg discontinuity. B) Lehman discontinuity. C) Mohorovicic discontinuity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mohorovicic discontinuity. 47. As it expanded, the universe ..... and began to slow down. A) Cooled. B) Heated. C) Contracted. D) Imploded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooled. 48. How could the removal of trees and other vegetation impact an environment? A) By increasing erosion. B) By increasing transpiration. C) By increasing soil formation. D) By increasing oxygen production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By increasing erosion. 49. A knowledge of ..... science is essential in many different careers, such as those of geologists, meteorologists, astronomers, or oceanographers. A) Animal. B) Earth. C) Life. D) Physical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth. 50. The largest ocean is . A) Indian. B) Arctic. C) Pacific. D) Atlantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacific. 51. What is a fast change on Earth? A) Mountains forming. B) Earthquakes. C) Pouring honey. D) Canyons forming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthquakes. 52. While on vacation, a student visits the area around a volcano that has recently erupted. The student can expect to find samples of- A) Nonfoliated metamorphic rock. B) Chemical sedimentary rock. C) Extrusive igneous rock. D) C lastic sedimentary rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extrusive igneous rock. 53. It is the study of everything on earth beyond Earth's atmosphere. A) Geology. B) Geotechnics. C) Oceanography. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Astronomy. 54. ..... rocks are formed by the alteration of pre-existing rocks by great heat or pressure. A) Organic. B) Silicon. C) Alkali. D) Metamorphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silicon. 55. Which characteristic of the planets in our solarsystem increases as the distance from the Sunincreases? A) Period of rotation. B) Eccentricity of orbit. C) Equatorial diameter. D) Period of revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Period of revolution. 56. Methane levels are rising in the atmosphere over the past 200 years due to A) Livestock farming. B) Deforestation. C) Natural events. D) Burning fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Livestock farming. 57. The prefix "bio" comes from a Greek word that means what? A) Earth. B) Water. C) Ground. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Life. 58. The existence of what force explains why the planets revolve around the sun? A) Friction. B) Gravity. C) Spring. D) Inertia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravity. 59. This branch of geology explains the process and operation of the earth'sground. A) Historical geology. B) Analytical geology. C) Physical geology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical geology. 60. This layer is less than 1% of Earth's mass, made of 2 types:Oceanic and Continental, rocky layer A) Outer Core. B) Inner Core. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crust. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesEarth Science Quiz 1Earth Science Quiz 2Earth Science Quiz 3Earth Science Quiz 4Earth Science Quiz 6Earth Science Quiz 7Earth Science Quiz 8Earth Science Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books