Earth Science Quiz 10 (20 MCQs)

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1. Magma rises to become new oceanic crust where

Correct Answer: C) Two plates separate and move apart from one another.

2. A part of the Earth's crust where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other

Correct Answer: C) Divergent boundary.

3. Every night Brianna looks through her telescope and charts the stars and planets. What branch of science is she studying?

Correct Answer: B) Astronomy.

4. It is a semisolid, rocky, and very hot layer of the earth.

Correct Answer: B) Mantle.

5. The scientific study of celestial objects

Correct Answer: B) Astronomy.

6. What is a large collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity?

Correct Answer: A) Galaxy.

7. A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)

Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary Rock.

8. The cycle of the moon lasts about a .....

Correct Answer: D) Month.

9. Where does the ocean get its energy to evaporate?

Correct Answer: C) Sun.

10. Feature that forms when magma flows onto Earth's surface

Correct Answer: A) Volcano.

11. Crust is neither formed nor destroyed along which type of boundary?

Correct Answer: B) Transform.

12. Inactive but able to become active again

Correct Answer: C) Dormant.

13. Who use the geological time scale to study the history of the Earth systematically.

Correct Answer: C) Geologist.

14. What long-term impact could the destruction of large areas of forests have on Earth?

Correct Answer: B) Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

15. Tides occur every ..... and their timing and position depend on the Earth, s rotation on its axis related to the position of the moon.

Correct Answer: C) Day.

16. Which of the following scientists studies marine physics?

Correct Answer: C) Oceanographer.

17. This theory states that the vacuum of space is not empty but swirled around small vortices.

Correct Answer: A) Theory of Gravitational Effects.

18. Which process releases 2260 joules of heatenergy per gram of water into the environment?

Correct Answer: C) Condensation.

19. Which planet has a density that is less than the density of liquid water?

Correct Answer: D) Saturn.

20. The shaking of Earth's crust caused by underground vibrations

Correct Answer: B) Earthquake.