This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is thermal energy? A) Heat. B) Speed. C) Movement. D) Arrangement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heat. 2. Different types of weathering rates are affected by different factors. What are some of those factors we explored? A) Temperature and precipitation. B) Mass and size of rock. C) Type of rock and mass of rock. D) Temperature and volume of rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature and precipitation. 3. What did Hubble discover in the 1920's? A) The universe is expanding. B) The universe is getting smaller. C) We are one of many earths. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The universe is expanding. 4. One complete revolution of Earth around the Sun takes ..... A) 10 days. B) 24 hours. C) 365 days. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 365 days. 5. One day on Earth is equivalent to:(MS-ESS1-1) A) One revolution. B) One rotation. C) One elliptical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One rotation. 6. The texture of soil depends mainly on A) The types of plants that grow in the soil. B) The size of the particles in the soil. C) The number of worms in the soil. D) The color of the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The size of the particles in the soil. 7. The planets of the solar system formed as A) The center of the gas cloud cooled. B) Planetesimals flattened into a rotating disk. C) Planetesimals collided into one another. D) The sun absorbed extra gas and dust from the solar system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Planetesimals collided into one another. 8. Natural resources, such as fossil fuels, that will eventually be used up and can never be replalced are ..... A) Biofuels. B) Hydroelectric energy. C) Renewable resources. D) Nonrenewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonrenewable resources. 9. Process of rocks changing into other types of rocks A) Weathering. B) Water cycle. C) Rock cycle. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rock cycle. 10. Branch of Earth Science that deals with the rocks that make up the Earth's crust and processes in shaping the Earth's crust. A) Hydrology. B) Geology. C) Oceanography. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geology. 11. The Earth's axis is tilted ..... degrees. A) 30.2. B) 24. C) 23.5. D) 25.3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 23.5. 12. Which is not an environmental impact of using fossil fuels. A) Rapid Population Growth. B) Acid Rain. C) Global Warming. D) Oil Spill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rapid Population Growth. 13. About how much of the earth's surface is covered by water? A) 71%. B) 3%. C) 25%. D) 97%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 71%. 14. What is usually responsible for an earthquake? A) Force changes from the moon pulling on Earth. B) Weathering along coastlines. C) Pressure buildup within the mantle. D) Slippage along faults within Earth's crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slippage along faults within Earth's crust. 15. Halley's Comet comes back every *blank* years. A) 75. B) 85. C) 100. D) 65. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 75. 16. What does the Earth's rotation cause? A) Day. B) Day & night. C) Years. D) Season. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Day & night. 17. The term equinox means ..... A) Equal amount of day light and equal amount of night. B) Equal amount of winter and summer. C) Equal amounts of hot dogs for everyone. D) The longest day of the year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equal amount of day light and equal amount of night. 18. What word tells us that a cloud is considered a 'high' cloud? A) Cumulus. B) Stratus. C) Alto. D) Cirrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cirrus. 19. The modern heliocentric model of planetary motion states that the planets travel around A) The Sun in slightly elliptical orbits. B) The Sun in circular orbits. C) Earth in circular orbits. D) Earth is slightly elliptical orbits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Sun in circular orbits. 20. During nighttime cooling, most of the energy radiated by Earth's oceans into space is A) Visible light rays. B) Gamma rays. C) Ultraviolet rays. D) Infrared rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infrared rays. 21. What word tells us that a cloud is considered a 'low' cloud? A) Cumulus. B) Cirrus. C) Alto. D) Stratus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratus. 22. Match the following word/subject with the topic it relates to the most.Submarine Technology A) Geology. B) Oceanography. C) Meteorology. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oceanography. 23. A wet, cold air mass would be- A) Continental polar. B) Continental tropical. C) Maritime polar. D) Maritime tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maritime polar. 24. Oceans, rivers, lakes, and glaciers are landforms found in what sphere? A) Atmosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrosphere. 25. Science of Universe. A) Universe. B) Astronomy. C) Meteorology. D) Cosmology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astronomy. 26. If the ice covering Antarctica all melted, sea level would rise approximately A) 4 feet. B) 0 feet. C) 20 feet. D) 200 feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 200 feet. 27. What happens to particle spacing when energy is added to a phase? A) Particles move farther apart. B) Particles move closer together. C) Particles stay the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Particles move farther apart. 28. A volcanic ash layer between sedimentary rocklayers is used by geologists to A) Correlate widely separated rock formations. B) Predict global warming. C) Determine Earth's absolute age. D) Locate an earthquake epicenter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correlate widely separated rock formations. 29. What element is usually used to date fossils? A) Mercury-203. B) Thorium-234. C) Uranium-235. D) Carbon-14. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon-14. 30. What season is March 21st? A) Spring. B) Fall. C) Summer. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spring. 31. When water becomes to heavy for the clouds to hold and falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail, we are experiencing ..... A) Condensation. B) Evaporation. C) Transpiration. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precipitation. 32. Primary "P" waves travel through which layers of the Earth? A) All layers. B) Crust, mantle, and inner core. C) Outer core only. D) Inner core and outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All layers. 33. Who is the "Father of Modern Science" ? A) Aristotle. B) Plato. C) Galileo. D) Isaac Newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Galileo. 34. What is the most likely reason that the bones of a Mesosaurus are found on the eastern coast of South America and on the western coast of Africa? A) Analogous structures. B) Flooding. C) Plate tectonics. D) Geographic isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plate tectonics. 35. This explains phenomena that cannot be experienced directly A) Telescope. B) Statistics. C) Model. D) Diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Model. 36. The wobble in Earth's rotation caused by the gravitational pull of the moon is called A) Barycenter. B) Convection. C) Nutation. D) Precession. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nutation. 37. It is the outer most layer of the Earth where life exists. A) Mantle. B) Outer core. C) Crust. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust. 38. Which process transfers energy primarily by electromagnetic waves? A) Radiation. B) Convection. C) Transpiration. D) Conduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radiation. 39. What is the gaseous layer that envelops the earth? A) Atmosphere. B) Ozone layer. C) Stratosphere. D) Ionisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratosphere. 40. Name the outer rigid layer of the Earth from which the plates are made. A) Stratosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Lonosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 41. Match the following word/subject with the topic it relates to the most.Volcanic Eruptions A) Astronomy. B) Geology. C) Oceanography. D) Meteorology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geology. 42. When someone says Joplin has hot summers, cold winters, warm springs, and cool autumns, they are describing the A) Habits. B) Climate. C) Conditions. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate. 43. The axis of the Earth is inclined at an angle of ..... degree relative to the plane of the orbit of the Earth. A) 26 /14. B) 23 1/2. C) 25. D) 24 /12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23 1/2. 44. When is it summertime in the Norther Hemisphere? A) When the northern hemisphere faces the sun. B) When the southern hemisphere faces the sun. C) When the northern hemisphere faces away from the sun. D) When the Northern and Southern hemispheres both face the sun?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the northern hemisphere faces the sun. 45. When energy is added or taken away from a substance it causes a: A) Chemical Reaction. B) Phase Change. C) Nothing Happens. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phase Change. 46. The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms is the: A) Wind point. B) Dew point. C) Relative humidity. D) Rain point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dew point. 47. Which of the following is NOT a function of the atmosphere? A) Trapping heat energy. B) Reflecting and filtering light from the sun. C) Allows precipitation. D) Increases the amount rays from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increases the amount rays from the sun. 48. Convergent boundary A) Plates coming towards each other. B) A rock. C) Plates sliding against each other. D) Plates moving away from each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plates coming towards each other. 49. This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel A) Crust. B) Mantle. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner Core. 50. Which of the following is a small, hot star that is the leftover center of an old star? A) Blue pulsar. B) White dwarf. C) Main-sequence. D) Red giant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) White dwarf. 51. Which layer is the largest of the Earth's layers? A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) Inner core. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mantle. 52. The correct SI unit for weight is ..... A) Kilograms. B) Newtons. C) Liters. D) Grams per milliliter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Newtons. 53. The equator is located in what latitude? A) 45o. B) 0o. C) 60o. D) 20o. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0o. 54. What are fossil fuels? A) A clean source of renewable energy. B) Mixtures of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of the Earth. C) A nonrenewable energy resource formed the remains of organisms that lived long ago. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A nonrenewable energy resource formed the remains of organisms that lived long ago. 55. The name of the area that is the upper level of the zone of saturation: A) Zone of Saturation. B) Zone of Aeration. C) Water Table. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water Table. 56. Using the geographic coordinate system, the distance of places can be measured in what Units? A) Liters. B) Degrees. C) Kilograms. D) Kilometers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Degrees. 57. According to the ideas of William Smith, which rock layers are the same age? A) Layers with different fossils. B) Layers with similar fossils. C) Layers of equal thickness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Layers with similar fossils. 58. Which is true about the way sunlight changes from winter to summer? A) Sunlight has greater frequencies in summer. B) Sunlight has higher wavelengths in summer. C) Sunlight is more intense in summer. D) Sunlight travels faster in summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight is more intense in summer. 59. Which of these can rapidly affect Earth's surface? A) Earthquakes. B) Annual rainfall. C) Sediment deposits. D) Frozen precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquakes. 60. Which one of the following landforms is not produced mainly by the water cycle? A) Sand dunes along a beach. B) Valleys. C) Canyons. D) Sand dunes in a desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sand dunes in a desert. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesEarth Science Quiz 1Earth Science Quiz 2Earth Science Quiz 3Earth Science Quiz 4Earth Science Quiz 5Earth Science Quiz 6Earth Science Quiz 8Earth Science Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books