This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth Science – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 34 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The measure of the amount of matter that occupies a given space is called A) Volume. B) Density. C) Area. D) Weight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Density. 2. Which branch of Earth science studies the air that surrounds our planet? A) Astronomy. B) Geology. C) Meteorology. D) Oceanography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorology. 3. This area of science creates and uses maps of physical features of the Earth. A) Geology. B) Geography. C) Cartography. D) Mapology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartography. 4. What is the term for the process when particles within the solar system collide with each other forming larger and larger bodies due to gravitational pull? A) Accretion. B) Aggregation. C) Building. D) Nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accretion. 5. Earth Science A) Study of people. B) Study of the earth's land, water, air and outer space. C) Study of plants and animals. D) Study of bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Study of the earth's land, water, air and outer space. 6. The study of Earth and the universe around it. A) Earth Science. B) Life Science. C) Physical Science. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth Science. 7. What type of erosion formed the Grand Canyon? A) Wind. B) Water. C) Sandblasting. D) Glacial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 8. Higher velocity discharge (volume of water): A) Depends on a watershed. B) Depends on a confluence. C) Has bigger particles and more particles that flow through it. D) Has smaller particles and less particles that flow through it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has bigger particles and more particles that flow through it. 9. Planets that consists of rocks, has a surface, valleys, canyons A) Goldilocks Planet. B) Gas Planets. C) Solid Planets. D) Terrestial Planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Terrestial Planets. 10. The most destructive waves in the ocean are ..... caused by underwater Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruption, or by hurricanes. A) Tidal waves. B) Tsunamis. C) Ocean current. D) El-Nino. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tsunamis. 11. The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another. A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Deposition. D) Dumptruck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 12. Water that runs off the surface of the land, and flows downhill into streams, rivers, ponds and lakes A) Condensation. B) Runoff. C) Transpiration. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Runoff. 13. Lithosphere A) The part of earth made up of water. B) The part of earth made up of rocks, minerals, and dirt. C) A rock. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The part of earth made up of rocks, minerals, and dirt. 14. The action that takes place at a transform boundary:(MS-ESS2-3) A) Creates Earthquakes. B) Forms Mountains/ Volcanoes/ Deep Ocean Trenches. C) Forms Rift Valleys/ Mid-Ocean Ridge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creates Earthquakes. 15. How does heat from the sun get to Earth? A) By radiation, using electromagnetic waves to transfer heat. B) By convection, using liquids and gases to transfer the heat. C) By conduction, using solids to transfer the heat. D) By absorption, using primary waves to transfer the heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By radiation, using electromagnetic waves to transfer heat. 16. According to astronomers, the age of the universeis estimated to be A) 1.3 billion years. B) 4.6 billion years. C) 7.9 billion years. D) 13.8 billion years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 13.8 billion years. 17. Rain, hail, sleet, and snow is best known as A) Weather. B) Climate. C) Precipitation. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precipitation. 18. According to the evidence we studied when was the Earth formed? A) 4.4-4.6 years ago. B) 4.5-4.6 thousand years ago. C) 4.5-4.6 million years ago. D) 4.5 or 4.6 billion years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4.5 or 4.6 billion years ago. 19. The density of the Earth is ..... times of water. A) 5.5. B) 6.5. C) 7.5. D) 4.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5.5. 20. New ocean crust continuously forms A) At mid-ocean ridges. B) Where sediment is thickest. C) Near deep-ocean trenches. D) At areas of low tide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At mid-ocean ridges. ← 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