This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth Science – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 56 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A seawall constructed along a length of oceanfront property can assist a coastal city by ..... A) Keeping water temperatures down. B) Providing a road for cars. C) Preventing animals from migrating. D) Slowing erosion of beach sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slowing erosion of beach sand. 2. How does a volcano cause a constructive change to the Earth's surface? A) It floods the land. B) It adds new land. C) It takes land away. D) It breaks apart land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It adds new land. 3. These are very common at plate boundaries. A) Volcanoes. B) Oceans. C) Valleys. D) Glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcanoes. 4. Algae and plants use water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide to make their own food through a process called what? A) Electrolysis. B) Photosynthesis. C) Transmutation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 5. The mass of the Earth is. A) 5.87x10/21 Tons. B) 5.847x10/21 Tons. C) 5.974x10/21 Tons. D) 5.974x10/22 Tons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5.974x10/21 Tons. 6. What is the brightness of a star as seen from Earth? A) Apparent magnitude. B) Absolute magnitude. C) Parallax. D) Spectrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apparent magnitude. 7. ..... is an area's expected weather over a long period of time. A) Geology. B) Climate. C) Temperature. D) Latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate. 8. This is the approximate amount of salt water on the Earth A) 3%. B) 70%. C) 97%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 97%. 9. What stage is our sun in the life cycle of a star? A) Main-sequence star. B) Red giant. C) White dwarf. D) Stellar nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main-sequence star. 10. What objects helped set a baseline of time for our evidence so we could compare all other evidence to it in order to determine how long ago our planet formed ..... A) Jack Hill rocks. B) Chondrite meteors. C) Martian meteors. D) Moon rock samples. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chondrite meteors. 11. Dry areas caused by sinking air and diverging surface winds are located at which two latitudes? A) 0$^ \circ$ and 30$^ \circ$ N. B) 30$^ \circ$ N and 30$^ \circ$ S. C) 0$^ \circ$ and 60$^ \circ$ S. D) 60$^ \circ$ N and 60$^ \circ$ S. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 30$^ \circ$ N and 30$^ \circ$ S. 12. T7-What graph/chart do you use for percentages? A) Bar graph. B) Line Graph. C) Pie chart. D) Data table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pie chart. 13. The metals that are rich in the Philippines are: A) Nickel, mercury and gold. B) Cobalt, silver and gold. C) Iron, Vibranium and Zinc. D) Copper, Coal and Methane gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cobalt, silver and gold. 14. Fossils are only found in A) Sedimentary rocks. B) Foliated Metamorphic rocks. C) Igneous Rocks. D) Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedimentary rocks. 15. Folding A) A rock. B) A break in the earth's crust. C) Bending of the earth's layers. D) Magma making new landforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bending of the earth's layers. 16. A canyon is formed when rocky ground is eroded by a river is an example of A) The atmosphere interacting with the biosphere. B) The biosphere interacting with the hydrosphere. C) The geosphere interacting with the biosphere. D) The hydrosphere interacting with the geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The hydrosphere interacting with the geosphere. 17. Astronomer A) Someone who studies outer space. B) Someone who studies the weather. C) Someone who studies the oceans. D) Someone who studies people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone who studies outer space. 18. What energy sources "drives" the water cycle? A) Tides. B) Gravity. C) Moon rays. D) Heat from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heat from the sun. 19. This layer is liquid, made of iron and nickel, and is 4700 degrees Celcius A) Outer Core. B) Inner Core. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outer Core. 20. The water cycle is driven by what two forces? A) The sun and moon. B) Gravity and electricity. C) Gravity and nuclear. D) Gravity and the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity and 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