This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Scientists use which kind of waves to determine the properties of Earth's internal layers? A) Light waves. B) Sound waves. C) Seismic waves. D) Ocean waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seismic waves. 2. Between about 48 and 306 kilometers above the surface is the A) Lonosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Thermosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lonosphere. 3. Which weather instrument is most useful inmeasuring relative humidity? A) Barometer. B) Anemometer. C) Psychrometer. D) Wind vane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psychrometer. 4. What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? A) Volcano. B) Mountain. C) Rift. D) Island Arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountain. 5. Process by which sediments are dropped by erosion, such as water dropping seashells A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Rock cycle. D) Deposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deposition. 6. Which is the BEST evidence that rocks found deep underground were once exposed at the surface? A) The rocks have been melted by a magma. B) The rocks have been broken by faults. C) The rocks have been weathered by water. D) The rocks have been folded by pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rocks have been weathered by water. 7. What is Meteorology? A) The study of Meteors. B) The study of the entire atmosphere. C) The study of rocks. D) The study of organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of the entire atmosphere. 8. The course of a river can be divided into ..... sections. A) 3. B) 2. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 9. Where are flood plains found? A) Along a river bottom. B) At the point where the river empties into the ocean. C) Along the sides of a river. D) At the beginning of a river. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Along the sides of a river. 10. Made of iron and nickel, solid due to pressure A) Outer core. B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inner core. 11. Equal areas of which type of Earth surface willabsorb more insolation and radiate more energyback toward space in the same amount of time? A) Light colored and rough. B) Dark colored and rough. C) Light colored and smooth. D) Dark colored and smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dark colored and rough. 12. Agents of change in landforms are A) Wind. B) Waves. C) Ice. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. An earth centered model of the universe A) Solar system. B) Geocentric. C) Heliocentric. D) The big bang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geocentric. 14. Which subsystem do bodies of water surround the Earth a part of? A) Hydrosphere. B) Geosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrosphere. 15. The movement of the Earth's plates on the mantle A) Faults. B) Minerals. C) Sand. D) Plate tectonics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plate tectonics. 16. Which scientist developed a new model of planetary motion? A) Kelvin. B) Kepler. C) Hutton. D) Rutherfod. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kepler. 17. Oceanography topics include which of the following? A) Waves, tides, and ocean depth. B) Volcanoes, Tsunamis, and Earthquakes. C) Monsoons, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes. D) Stars, Planets, and Galaxies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waves, tides, and ocean depth. 18. Which of the following is a medium sized star that is often average in temperature? A) Main-sequence. B) Red giant. C) White dwarf. D) Blue pulsar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main-sequence. 19. If the half-life of a radioactive group of atoms is 5, 730 years, then how old is the rock if there have been two half-lives go by? A) 12, 500 years. B) 13, 000 years. C) 14, 000 years. D) 11, 460 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 11, 460 years. 20. What is the process called when a glacier deposits rocks in oceans and lakes? A) Deposition. B) Drainage. C) Pollution. D) Depotism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deposition. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books