This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where two tectonic plates slide past each other. A) Divergent boundary. B) Transform boundary. C) Plate boundary. D) Convergent boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transform boundary. 2. Rocks and minerals are a part of the field of ..... A) Geography. B) Geology. C) Meteorology. D) Rockology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geology. 3. Why do bones and teeth remain as part of some fossils? A) Bones are large. B) Bones decay easily. C) The parts are hard. D) They are white. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The parts are hard. 4. Boundary where plates slide past each other sideways. A) Divergent. B) Transform. C) Convergent. D) Tectonic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transform. 5. What is the brightness that a star would have at a distance of 32.6 light-years from Earth? A) Absolute magnitude. B) Apparent magnitude. C) Parallax. D) Light-year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absolute magnitude. 6. Which feature will most likely form when the partially buried ice block melts? A) Kettle Lake. B) Drumlin. C) Moraine. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kettle Lake. 7. Nebula is Latin for ..... A) Star. B) Lightning. C) Thunder. D) Cloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cloud. 8. The study of the earth's atmosphere. A) Oceanography. B) Meteorology. C) Geology. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteorology. 9. Which of the following is not one of the inner planets? A) Earth. B) Mars. C) Venus. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uranus. 10. What kind of rock is made from small pieces of rock and other materials being pressed together? A) Rock cycle. B) Igneous rock. C) Sedimentary rock. D) Metamorphic rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedimentary rock. 11. The chemical composition of the Earth, s crust is dominated by ..... elements which together make up more than 99 percent by weight and volume of the crust. A) 4. B) 9. C) 6. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8. 12. Mountains form from ..... A) Plates sliding past one another. B) Collision of plates. C) Plates moving away from each other. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collision of plates. 13. The study of the origin, history, processes, and structure of the solid Earth A) Paleontology. B) Geology. C) Archeology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geology. 14. The most important safety rule is ..... A) Always wear a lab apron. B) Always wear safety goggles. C) Design and conduct your own experiments without asking your teacher. D) Always follow your teacher's instructions & textbook directions exactly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Always follow your teacher's instructions & textbook directions exactly. 15. Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma? A) Extrusive. B) Metamorphic. C) Sedimentary. D) Igneous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Igneous. 16. What are clouds made of? A) Nitrogen and Oxygen. B) Tiny droplets or frozen crystals of water. C) Microscopic gas bubbles. D) Cotton candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tiny droplets or frozen crystals of water. 17. ..... is the color of powdered mineral. A) Luster. B) Streak. C) Fracture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Streak. 18. The way rocks are broken down into smaller pieces A) Clay. B) Rock cycle. C) Erosion. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weathering. 19. What do scientists believe best describes the Earth's outer core? A) Gas. B) Tectonic plates. C) Solid rock. D) Liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liquid. 20. Using the senses of sight, touch, taste, hearing, and smell to gather information is called ..... A) Theory. B) Observation. C) Peer Review. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observation. 21. The prevailing southwesterlies wind belt causes most low-pressure weather systems to travel across the United States from the A) Northwest toward the southeast. B) Northeast toward the southwest. C) Southeast toward the northwest. D) Southwest toward the northeast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Southwest toward the northeast. 22. Hours is equivalent to A) Day. B) Tilt. C) Orbit. D) Night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Day. 23. Tropic of Capricorn is an imaginary line ..... degree south of equator. A) 23. B) 25. C) 20. D) 23 1/2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 23 1/2. 24. Harry Hess found that the ocean floor was ..... the farther it was from the mid-ocean ridge. A) Backwards. B) Younger. C) Older. D) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Older. 25. If its ..... in the Northern hemisphere, then its summer in the Southern hemisphere. A) Spring. B) Summer. C) Fall. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winter. 26. Scientific theories are based on A) Mathematical principles that can be proven true. B) General assumptions of how systems work. C) Large amounts of data collected over time. D) Observations from within only one scientific discipline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Large amounts of data collected over time. 27. The study of Earth's atmosphere, especially weather and climate A) Meteorology. B) Climatology. C) Astronomy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteorology. 28. Study of Earth and its neighbor in space A) Science. B) Earth Science. C) Universal Study. D) Meteorology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth Science. 29. Wind speeds in tornadoes may reach ..... miles per hour. A) 280. B) 330. C) 380. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 380. 30. Which branch of Earth Science includes the study of stars, planets and galaxies? A) Planetology. B) Oceanography. C) Astronomy. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronomy. 31. There has 15 major tectonic plates in the present, and it consist of: A) 7 primary plates & 8 secondary plate. B) 9 primary plates & 6 secondary plates. C) 6 primary plate & 9 secondary plates. D) 7 primary plates & 8 secondary plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7 primary plates & 8 secondary plates. 32. Rotation of the earth takes A) One summer. B) One day. C) One year. D) One winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One day. 33. Which would be an example of a fossil? A) Oyster Pearl. B) Dinosaur Footprint. C) Sedimentary Rock. D) Rotting Log. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dinosaur Footprint. 34. Which of the following is NOT an example of an interaction between the hydrosphere andgeosphere? A) Water drank by people. B) Erosion of soil after the typhoon. C) Landslide after heavy rains. D) Underground water stored in the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water drank by people. 35. What is it that keeps clouds floating in the air? A) They are lighter than air. B) Warm air below them. C) They are mostly helium. D) Gravity None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm air below them. 36. This planet has the longest period of revolution. A) Mars. B) Mercury. C) Neptune. D) Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neptune. 37. What is geochemistry? A) The study of chemical solutions. B) The study of dirt. C) The study of the chemical composition of the Earth. D) The study of chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The study of the chemical composition of the Earth. 38. In this type of variable, the scientists creates this as a factor to test A) Dependent Variable. B) Control Group. C) Independent varaible. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent varaible. 39. The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface. A) Jackhammering. B) Deposition. C) Erosion. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weathering. 40. Metamorphic rocks are classified into ..... main types. A) 4. B) 2. C) 5. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 41. The lava from a volcano destroying a nearby forest is an example of A) The geosphere interacting with the biosphere. B) The geosphere interacting with the hydrosphere. C) The atmosphere interacting with the biosphere. D) The hydrosphere interacting with the geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The geosphere interacting with the biosphere. 42. The place where an organism lives and obtains all the things that it needs to survive. A) Nest. B) Habitat. C) Home. D) Car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat. 43. The layer of our atmosphere in which weather occurs is the A) Stratosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Exosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troposphere. 44. Which of the following is true for both gas planets and terrestrial planets? A) They both have an ice core. B) They have rings. C) They all have multiple moons. D) They are round. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are round. 45. The atmosphere is the Earth system that describes A) The area from the surface of the Earth down to its center. B) All the water on Earth. C) The blanket of gases that surrounds our planet. D) All organisms on Earth and the environments in which they live. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The blanket of gases that surrounds our planet. 46. This theory states that the consciousness we experience is not real A) Hologram Theory. B) Holographic Theory. C) Consciousness Theory. D) Virtual Reality Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Holographic Theory. 47. The cycle that powers the ocean currents, weather, and tectonic plates it called A) Condition current. B) Convection current. C) Radiation. D) Conduction current. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convection current. 48. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an index fossil. A) Lived for short period of time. B) Found only in one spot on Earth. C) Geographically widespread. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found only in one spot on Earth. 49. The deflection of prevailing winds and ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere is called A) The Doppler effect. B) Eccentricity. C) Refraction. D) The Coriolis effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Coriolis effect. 50. Which cololour penetrates in water farther than other colours? A) Blue. B) Yellow. C) Red. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue. 51. Almost all of the ozone in the atmosphere is concentrated in the stratosphere. A) Astronomy. B) Geology. C) Meteorology. D) Oceanography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorology. 52. How much Earth, s surface is covered by water? A) 65. B) 80. C) 75. D) 70. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 70. 53. The SI base unit for mass A) Second. B) Liter. C) Meter. D) Gram. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gram. 54. The least amount of surface water runoff will occur when soil pore spaces are A) Saturated and the slope is steep. B) Saturated and the slope is gentle. C) Unsaturated and the slope is steep. D) Unsaturated and the slope is gentle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unsaturated and the slope is gentle. 55. Which topic might an environmental scientist study? A) Mountains. B) Hurricanes. C) Energy resources. D) Comets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy resources. 56. ..... study the effects of human activities on earth's land, air, water, & living things. A) Meteorologists. B) Oceanographers. C) Environmental scientists. D) Astronomers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental scientists. 57. Someone who studies the weather. A) Taxonomists. B) Satellites. C) Meterologist. D) Rain gauge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meterologist. 58. Most of earth's freshwater is A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solid. 59. Science of Atmosphere. A) Cosmology. B) Cosmology. C) Universe. D) Meteorology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meteorology. 60. Erosion is ..... A) Materials begin moved across the Earth's surface by water and wind. B) Materials deposited into a new location as sediment. C) Rocks and other materials being broken down both physically and chemically. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Materials begin moved across the Earth's surface by water and wind. ← 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 7Earth Science Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books