This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth Science – Quiz 53 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 53 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fossils are usually found in which type of rock? A) Sedimentary. B) Metamorphic. C) Crystal. D) Igenous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedimentary. 2. How might a weathered mountain appear different from an unweathered mountain? A) The weathered mountain might be taller. B) The weathered mountain would appear rounder. C) The weathered mountain would be more jagged. D) Weathered mountain would contain less trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The weathered mountain would appear rounder. 3. State the effects of the Revolution of Earth around the Sun A) Occurrence of day and night. B) The Sun seems to change its position. C) Changes in length and direction of the shadow. D) Occurrence of four seasons in certain part of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occurrence of four seasons in certain part of the earth. 4. The water found in the atmosphere in the form of a gas is called what? A) Precipitation. B) Water sprite. C) Water vapor. D) Clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water vapor. 5. A mineral is scraped across a ceramic plate and a red colored powder is left behind. What does this mean? A) The mineral has a red streak. B) The color of the mineral is red. C) The luster of the mineral is "dull". D) The density of the mineral is low. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The mineral has a red streak. 6. When geologists want to compare the ages of rock found in two different places, they look at the ..... A) Fossil Record. B) Geologic Time Scale. C) Minerals found within the rock. D) Plants located in the area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil Record. 7. What kind of rock is made from cooled magma/ lava? A) Igneous rock. B) Metamorphic rock. C) Sedimentary rock. D) Classic rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Igneous rock. 8. A large irregularly shaped object in space that orbits our Sun A) Comet. B) Meteor. C) Asteroid. D) Meteoroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asteroid. 9. What is the definition of orbit? A) The spinning of the earth on its axis. B) When the lit part of the moon increases. C) All of the planets, moon, and other space objects going around the sun. D) The imaginary line that goes through the north and south poles that the earth spins on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the planets, moon, and other space objects going around the sun. 10. What objects do scientists use light-years to measure the distance between the objects? A) Stars to Stars. B) Planets within a solar system. C) Planets to Moons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stars to Stars. 11. As the Earth moves round the sun, the Northern Hemisphere and shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere? A) 6. B) 9. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 12. The dropping off of sediment as the motion of the wind or water slows or comes to a stop. A) Erosion. B) Movement. C) Deposition. D) Sediment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deposition. 13. Melted, liquid rock that reaches Earth's surface A) Metamorphic rock. B) Magma. C) Igneous rock. D) Lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lava. 14. T7-Jacob wants to record his results for the temperature of each day in the past week. What graph or table should he use? A) Data table. B) Bar graph. C) Histogram. D) Line graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line graph. 15. Which planet is farthest from the Sun? A) Neptune. B) Uranus. C) Saturn. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neptune. 16. T8-The Independent Variable is represented on which Axis? A) A. B) X. C) B. D) Y. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X. 17. How does the redshift of distant galaxies support the Big Bang Theory? A) It doesn't support this theory. B) Expansion means we probably started from one point. C) Contraction means that we will contract again some day. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expansion means we probably started from one point. 18. Valleys created by downcutting streams are ..... shaped A) W. B) U. C) V. D) Y. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) V. 19. What is a large cloud of gas and dust where stars are born or explode at the end of their lives? A) Nebula. B) Black hole. C) Quasar. D) Pulsar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nebula. 20. Today, the area of ice-covered land has reduced to ..... million square kilometers. A) 15.6. B) 15.5. C) 15.7. D) 15.2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 15.5. ← 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