This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth Science – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 60 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following characteristics refer to the tendency of minerals to break forming smooth flat surfaces? A) Cleavage. B) Conchoidal. C) Streak. D) Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cleavage. 2. A ..... is a suggested explanation for a set of observations. A) Independent variable. B) Experiment. C) Hypothesis. D) Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypothesis. 3. Which type of land surface would probably reflect the most incoming solar radiation A) Light colored and smooth. B) Light colored and rough. C) Dark colored and smooth. D) Dark colored and rough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Light colored and smooth. 4. Which U.S. state formed over a hot spot in an oceanic plate? A) Oregon. B) California. C) Florida. D) Hawaii. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hawaii. 5. Caves and sinkholes are most likely to form from the chemical weathering (carbonation) of which kind of rock? A) Granite. B) Limestone. C) Basalt. D) Sandstone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limestone. 6. Unlike other planets in the solar system, earth holds an atmosphere which has an essential function to life. What substance in the stratosphere is responsible for absorbing high-energy radiation from the sun? A) Ozone. B) Methane. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Diatomic Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone. 7. Which of the following units of the geological, clock is the shortest? A) Ages. B) Eras. C) Epochs. D) Periods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periods. 8. New York State bedrock of which age containssalt, gypsum, and hematite? A) Cambrian. B) Devonian. C) Mississippian. D) Silurian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silurian. 9. What is the layer of air that surrounds Earth? A) Water vapor. B) Condensation. C) Precipitation. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atmosphere. 10. The reasons we have seasons is because the Earth is ..... A) Pie. B) Tilted. C) Melting. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tilted. 11. What is the period of Revolution of Mercury? A) 88 days. B) 88 years. C) 88 minutes. D) 224.7 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 88 days. 12. What causes day and night cycles? A) Mars. B) Seasons. C) Earths rotation. D) Moon phases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earths rotation. 13. What types of rocks are formed by weathering? A) Metamorphic Rocks. B) Igneous Rocks. C) Sedimentary Rocks. D) Volcanic Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedimentary Rocks. 14. An increase in which gas in Earth's atmosphere will most significantly increase global temperatures? A) Methane. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Methane. 15. The continental shelf constitutes ..... percent of the total area of the sea floor. A) 8 to9. B) 7 to 8. C) 10 to 12. D) 6 to 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7 to 8. 16. What is the center of our solar system? A) Moon. B) Earth. C) Sun. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 17. Which two phases changes add energy? A) Freezing, Melting. B) Condensation, Evaporation. C) Freezing, Condensation. D) Melting, Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melting, Evaporation. 18. Caves are found in Virginia's Valley and Ridge province because the area is underlain by- A) Granite. B) Shale. C) Gneiss. D) Limestone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limestone. 19. One reason Earth is not entirely a closed system is because A) Energy is reflected back into space. B) New matter forms on the surface of Earth. C) Sunlight enters the atmosphere. D) The atmosphere loses hydrogen to space. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The atmosphere loses hydrogen to space. 20. All forms of electromagnetic energy have A) Transverse wave properties. B) The same temperature. C) The same wavelength. D) Their own half life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transverse wave properties. ← 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