This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth Science – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the Oceanography unit, we will study ..... A) Earthquakes, soil. B) Storms, precipitation. C) Stars, moons. D) Trenches, currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trenches, currents. 2. Which section of the spectrum is the ONLY one we can see? A) X-rays. B) Visible Light. C) Gamma Rays. D) Ultraviolet Rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visible Light. 3. This is used to compare in an experiment. They do not get tested. A) Peer Review. B) Accuracy. C) Precision. D) Control group. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Control group. 4. Clues to what ancient climates were like come from all of the following except A) Ice cores. B) Thickness of rock layers. C) Tree rings. D) Plant pollens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thickness of rock layers. 5. Solar system is believed to be made up of rotating cloud gas and dustcalled ..... A) Dark matter. B) Radiation. C) Solar flare. D) Solar nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar nebula. 6. Hydro = A) Sphere. B) Earth. C) Life. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 7. A scientist finds a rock that contains fossils. The scientist knows that this rock is what type? A) Igneous rock. B) Metamorphic rock. C) Sedimentary rock. D) She cannot tell from this information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedimentary rock. 8. Locations in the Northern Hemisphere are warmest in summer because sunlight in summer is A) Least intense and of shortest duration. B) Least intense and of longest duration. C) Most intense and of shortest duration. D) Most intense and of longest duration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Most intense and of longest duration. 9. What does the Sun provide for the water cycle? A) Light energy. B) Heat energy. C) Mechanical energy. D) Sound energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat energy. 10. When its summer in the Northern Hemisphere, its ..... in the Southern Hemisphere A) Melting. B) Winter. C) Slipper. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winter. 11. What is the deepest part of the ocean floor? A) Trench. B) Fjord. C) Crustal crease. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trench. 12. The hydrosphere covers approximately what percentage of Earth's lithosphere? A) 100%. B) 70%. C) 50%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 70%. 13. In sea-floor spreading the newest rock is found A) Mid-ocean ridge. B) Trench. C) Abyssal plain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mid-ocean ridge. 14. Shortest day of the year A) Autumnal Equinox. B) Summer Solstice. C) Winter Solstice. D) Vernal Equinox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winter Solstice. 15. Jack has a rock. The rock has a mass of 14g and a volume of 2cm3. What is the density of the rock? A) 7 mL. B) 7 g/cm3. C) 28 g/cm3. D) 1/7 g/cm3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7 g/cm3. 16. Chemical weathering occurs when minerals in rocks are changed chemically. Which of these will MOST likely change the rate of chemical weathering on a rock? A) Decrease in air temperature. B) Increase in rainfall amounts. C) Slow movement of a glacier. D) Rapid growth of plant roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase in rainfall amounts. 17. One process in the formation of sedimentary rocks is when rocks are A) Compressed by moving plates. B) Heated and subjected to high pressure. C) Broken up and deposited in layers. D) Moved up along fault planes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken up and deposited in layers. 18. Which list below includes the parts of a lab experiment? A) Hypothesis, observation. B) Hypothesis, control, constant, variables. C) Data, conclusion. D) Problem, hypothesis, data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis, control, constant, variables. 19. The land on the ..... side of a mountain range is in a rain shadow A) Windward. B) Far. C) Leeward. D) South. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leeward. 20. Inner core A) The innermost, solid layer of earth. B) The liquid layer UNDER THE MANTLE. C) A rock. D) The part of earth made up of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The innermost, solid layer of earth. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEarth Science Quiz 1Earth Science Quiz 2Earth Science Quiz 3Earth Science Quiz 4Earth Science Quiz 5Earth Science Quiz 6Earth Science Quiz 7Earth Science Quiz 8Earth Science Quiz 9Earth Science Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books