This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth Science – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 55 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which layer of the Sun does nuclear fusion occur? A) Core. B) Radiative zone. C) Convection zone. D) Chromosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Core. 2. What is an example of freezing? A) Water boiling. B) Water turning into ice. C) Chocolate bar turning into liquid chocolate. D) Fog forming on a mirror. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water turning into ice. 3. Which 2 layers of the Earth form the lithosphere? A) Crust and Core. B) Crust and lower mantle. C) Crust and upper mantle. D) Crust and middle mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust and upper mantle. 4. Which of the following refers to an aggregate of one or more minerals? A) Compounds. B) Elements. C) Mineraloids. D) Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rock. 5. Which ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge? A) Indian. B) Dead Sea. C) Atlantic. D) Artic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atlantic. 6. Tides are characterized by rise and fall of the water level in the. A) Lakes. B) Rivers. C) Streams. D) Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oceans. 7. What is Pangaea? (MS-ESS1-4) A) Super Continent. B) Feature formed on land. C) Type of water formation. D) Type of Storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Super Continent. 8. Following a supernova, the center of a star can collapse and make an ultra dense collection of ..... particles called a neutron star. A) Neutron. B) Proton. C) Electron. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neutron. 9. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas A) Carbon dioxide. B) Methane. C) Wator vaper. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 10. Which is true about hotter material in the mantle (convection currents)? A) More dense, sinks. B) Less dense, sinks. C) Less dense, rises. D) More dense, rises. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less dense, rises. 11. A record of ground motion produced by an earthquake A) Seismogram. B) Seismograph. C) Seismology. D) Seismologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismogram. 12. What is the final step of the scientific method? A) Hypothesis. B) Problem. C) Conclusion. D) Observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conclusion. 13. What increases evaporation? A) An increase of rain. B) An increase of temperature. C) A decrease of temperature. D) A decrease of rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An increase of temperature. 14. What does the root word ge/e/o mean? A) Life. B) Earth. C) Vapor. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth. 15. The four agents of erosion are water, ....., ice, and gravity. What goes in the blank? A) Bacteria. B) Volcanoes. C) Sunlight. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 16. ..... study the ocean A) Meteorologists. B) Oceanographers. C) Climatologists. D) Geologists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oceanographers. 17. Which of the following provides evidence that has helped earth scientists determine the age of the earth more precisely? A) Tree rings. B) Helium dating. C) Radioactive dating. D) Earth's distance from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radioactive dating. 18. The composition of the atmosphere is constant up to about ..... km above the Earth, s surface with the exception of ozone and water vapours. A) 44. B) 48. C) 46. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 48. 19. The length of time between night and day on Earth varies throughout the year. This time variance is explained primarily by A) The position of the Sun. B) The position of the Moon. C) Earth's angle of tilt. D) Earth's distance from the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth's angle of tilt. 20. What is earth's revolution? A) When earth orbits around the sun. B) When earth bounces. C) When the sun spins around the earth. D) When the earth spins on it's axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When earth orbits around the sun. ← 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