This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What were the original two elements in our universe? A) Lithium and Carbon. B) Hydrogen and Neon. C) Helium and Chlorine. D) Hydrogen and Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrogen and Helium. 2. Which fossil fuel is the remains of ancient plants? A) Coal. B) Petroleum. C) Natural Gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 3. Deposition is likely to occur in a river A) On the outside bank, when the water speeds up. B) Along the inside bank where the water speeds up. C) On the outside bank where the water slows down. D) Along the inside bank where the water slows down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Along the inside bank where the water slows down. 4. How do humans try to prevent flood damage from overflowing rivers? A) By adding sand to coastal beaches. B) By spreading salt on icy mountain roads. C) By building dams, levees, and storm drains. D) By studying the movements of tectonic plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By building dams, levees, and storm drains. 5. Gasoline comes from which fossil fuel? A) Coal. B) Petroleum. C) Natural Gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petroleum. 6. Why is Coal a useful energy source? A) Stored and used later. B) Cheap. C) Transportation doesn't involve high amount of upkeep. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. Which branch of Earth science includes the study of the stars? A) Geology. B) Meteorology. C) Astronomy. D) Oceanography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronomy. 8. What is the difference in the air temperature and humidity between the cP and mT air masses? A) The cP air mass is warmer and less humid. B) The cP air mass is colder and more humid. C) The mT air mass is warmer and more humid. D) The mT air mass is colder and less humid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The mT air mass is warmer and more humid. 9. A flashlight battery is to light energy what a campfire is to- A) Electrical energy. B) Thermal energy. C) Chemical energy. D) Nuclear energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermal energy. 10. What absorbs ultraviolet rays in the atmosphere? A) Greenhouse gases. B) Ozone layer. C) Stratosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozone layer. 11. Which of the following does not contribute to erosion? A) Gravity. B) Wind. C) Sound. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sound. 12. What is a rapidly spinning neutron start that emits pulses of radio and optical energy? A) Black hole. B) Quasar. C) Pulsar. D) Supernova. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pulsar. 13. Lava is hot enough to what rock? A) Freeze. B) Melt. C) Create. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Melt. 14. A cloud of gas and dust from which bodies in space are formed A) Nebula. B) Solar flare. C) Sunspot. D) Photosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nebula. 15. What causes a fast change on earth? A) A tornado. B) A traffic jam. C) Waiting in line. D) A ocean waves eroding a cliff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tornado. 16. What is the main cause of erosion? A) Glaciers. B) Moving water. C) Areas that do not have plants. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moving water. 17. The study of the physical and biological parts of Earth's oceans. A) Geography. B) Cartography. C) Oceanography. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oceanography. 18. A slow cooling igneous rock will have ..... crystals A) Large. B) Small. C) Average. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large. 19. What factor has the greatest influence on the number of daylight hours a particular location receives? A) Distance from the Sun. B) Diameter of the Sun. C) Latitude. D) Longitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latitude. 20. How many cloud shapes are present in atmosphere? A) 5. B) 2. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 21. A mineral is a naturally formed inorganic substance with a fixed ..... composition. A) Chemical. B) Physical. C) Natural. D) Organic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical. 22. Which statement made by a student after examining a rock specimen is an inference? A) The rock has round edges. B) The rock contains large crystals. C) The rock is of igneous origin. D) The rock is light-colored. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rock is of igneous origin. 23. T7-What graph do you use to represent time or distance? A) Data table. B) Bar graph. C) Pie chart. D) Line graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line graph. 24. The following are bodies of water that surrounds the Philippines except: A) Celebes Sea. B) Carribean Sea. C) Philippine Sea. D) West Philippine Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carribean Sea. 25. What is the mouth of a volcano called? A) Cone. B) Vent. C) Crater. D) Plug. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vent. 26. Which group correctly lists structures in space from largest to smallest? A) Galaxy, solar system, planet, moon. B) Galaxy, Milky Way, planet, star. C) Solar system, Milky Way, planet, galaxy. D) Star, galaxy, solar system, planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Galaxy, solar system, planet, moon. 27. Which of the following scientists studies the changes in the atmosphere and the weather? A) Meteorologist. B) Oceanographer. C) Astronomer. D) Geologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteorologist. 28. A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called: A) Normal fault. B) Reverse fault. C) Strike-slip fault. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strike-slip fault. 29. At a depth of between about 1650 and ..... feet, a sound channel exists where sound waves can be tapped and also along which sound waves can travel for large distances. A) 5000. B) 2000. C) 2500. D) 3300. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5000. 30. Solid changed into a liquid A) Evaporation. B) Condensation. C) Melting. D) Freezing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Melting. 31. What do you call the dynamic mass of water that continuously flow the entireplanet. A) Hydrosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Atmosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrosphere. 32. The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through ..... A) Revolutions. B) Eclipses. C) Phases. D) Rotations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phases. 33. The rocks immediately below the Earth, s surface contain over ..... million cubic miles of water, about 40 time as much as in all rivers, lakes and marshes in the world. A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 34. A sudden shifting of plates of the Earth's crust is called A) A volcanic eruption. B) Weathering and erosion. C) An avalanche. D) An earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An earthquake. 35. A testable explanation of a situation that can be supported or disproved by careful procedures is a A) Conclusion. B) Experimental group. C) Control. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypothesis. 36. What were the two primary gases in the early universe? A) Iron and lead. B) Nitrogen and oxygen. C) Hydrogen and helium. D) Carbon and oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrogen and helium. 37. Which of the following processes do geologists use to determine geologic time? A) Volcanic eruptions. B) Shifts in Earth's crust. C) Erosion. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 38. The sun is classified as a A) Moon. B) Star. C) Planet. D) Comet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Star. 39. Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they ..... A) Require expensive equipment. B) Take millions of years to replace. C) Can be found all over. D) Provide all the energy we use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take millions of years to replace. 40. Ocean tides are best described as A) Unpredictable and cyclic. B) Unpredictable and noncyclic. C) Predictable and cyclic. D) Predictable and noncyclic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predictable and cyclic. 41. Earth Science covers ..... A) Just what happens on Earth. B) Outer Space. C) Everything that happens on Earth as well as the universe and galaxy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Everything that happens on Earth as well as the universe and galaxy. 42. According to the Big Bang Theory, where did the universe originate? A) From a black hole. B) From a big explosion deep in space. C) From a singularity. D) From a supernova. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From a singularity. 43. The Moon orbits the Earth every 27.3 days. A) Astronomy. B) Oceanography. C) Meteorology. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astronomy. 44. The geographical location of a ..... is given by its latitude and the longitude. A) Continent. B) Region. C) Country. D) City. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) City. 45. Most clouds form as ..... air rises in the atmosphere? A) Warm. B) Polluted. C) Dry. D) Cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warm. 46. The primary method of energy transfer by which Earth loses energy to outer space is A) Conduction. B) Convection. C) Transpiration. D) Radiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radiation. 47. Scientists use which of the following to show relationships in among their data? A) Bar graphs. B) Line graphs. C) Circle graphs. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 48. What is the CAUSE of all weather on Earth? A) The Sun and Gravity. B) Wind and Snow. C) Water and Ice. D) Doug Heady. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Sun and Gravity. 49. About how long does it take the moon to make one complete cycle around the earth? A) 365 days. B) 65 days. C) 8 days. D) 28 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 28 days. 50. The study of the physical features of the earth (mountains, lakes, rivers, valleys, etc.). A) Ecology. B) Geography. C) Cartography. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geography. 51. The Philippines is rich in the following resources: A) Water and Energy Resources only. B) Mineral, Agricultural and Energy Resources. C) Water and Energy resources, forest and agricultural and minerals. D) Water and Energy resources, biogas, landforms and aquatic animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water and Energy resources, forest and agricultural and minerals. 52. The top layer of the oceanic crust has an average thickness of . A) 1000 meters. B) 808 meters. C) 950 meters. D) 700 meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 808 meters. 53. A possible explanation or solution to a problem that has not been proven is called ..... A) Peer Review. B) Hypothesis. C) Observation. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis. 54. How does heat flow? A) Always from cold to warm. B) Always from warm to cold. C) Both warm to cold & cold to warm. D) It depends on the temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Always from warm to cold. 55. Our universe looks the same from every spot in it every time.It has no beginning or end. A) Endless Universe Theory. B) Geocentric Theory. C) Steady Spot Theory. D) Steady State Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steady State Theory. 56. The one day of the year with the longest amount of sunlight is:(MS-ESS1-1) A) Vernal Equinox. B) Summer Solstice. C) Summer Equinox. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer Solstice. 57. Hurricanes can be ..... at radar screens and satellite pictures. A) Recorded. B) Recognized. C) Seen. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recognized. 58. ..... is the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere and longest day in the Southern Hemisphere. A) Dec 22. B) Oct 24. C) Sep 21. D) Dec 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dec 21. 59. As the current in a stream becomes stronger, what will happen to its erosional power? A) It will increase then decrease. B) It will increase. C) It will decrease. D) It will stay the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It will increase. 60. The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space is called A) Chemistry. B) Biology. C) Geology. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Astronomy. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesEarth Science Quiz 1Earth Science Quiz 2Earth Science Quiz 3Earth Science Quiz 4Earth Science Quiz 5Earth Science Quiz 7Earth Science Quiz 8Earth Science Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books