This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What causes a fast change on earth? A) A traffic jam. B) Waiting in line. C) A tornado. D) A ocean waves eroding a cliff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A tornado. 2. What is the main cause of erosion? A) Moving water. B) Wind. C) Glaciers. D) Areas that do not have plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moving water. 3. The study of the physical and biological parts of Earth's oceans. A) Geology. B) Geography. C) Cartography. D) Oceanography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oceanography. 4. A slow cooling igneous rock will have ..... crystals A) Large. B) Small. C) Average. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large. 5. What factor has the greatest influence on the number of daylight hours a particular location receives? A) Latitude. B) Longitude. C) Diameter of the Sun. D) Distance from the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latitude. 6. How many cloud shapes are present in atmosphere? A) 5. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 7. A mineral is a naturally formed inorganic substance with a fixed ..... composition. A) Natural. B) Physical. C) Organic. D) Chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical. 8. Which statement made by a student after examining a rock specimen is an inference? A) The rock is of igneous origin. B) The rock has round edges. C) The rock is light-colored. D) The rock contains large crystals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rock is of igneous origin. 9. T7-What graph do you use to represent time or distance? A) Bar graph. B) Data table. C) Pie chart. D) Line graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line graph. 10. The following are bodies of water that surrounds the Philippines except: A) Philippine Sea. B) West Philippine Sea. C) Celebes Sea. D) Carribean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carribean Sea. 11. What is the mouth of a volcano called? A) Vent. B) Crater. C) Plug. D) Cone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vent. 12. Which group correctly lists structures in space from largest to smallest? A) Galaxy, Milky Way, planet, star. B) Star, galaxy, solar system, planet. C) Galaxy, solar system, planet, moon. D) Solar system, Milky Way, planet, galaxy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Galaxy, solar system, planet, moon. 13. Which of the following scientists studies the changes in the atmosphere and the weather? A) Astronomer. B) Geologist. C) Oceanographer. D) Meteorologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meteorologist. 14. A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called: A) Normal fault. B) Reverse fault. C) Strike-slip fault. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strike-slip fault. 15. At a depth of between about 1650 and ..... feet, a sound channel exists where sound waves can be tapped and also along which sound waves can travel for large distances. A) 2000. B) 5000. C) 2500. D) 3300. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5000. 16. Solid changed into a liquid A) Freezing. B) Condensation. C) Melting. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Melting. 17. What do you call the dynamic mass of water that continuously flow the entireplanet. A) Atmosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrosphere. 18. The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through ..... A) Revolutions. B) Phases. C) Rotations. D) Eclipses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phases. 19. The rocks immediately below the Earth, s surface contain over ..... million cubic miles of water, about 40 time as much as in all rivers, lakes and marshes in the world. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 20. A sudden shifting of plates of the Earth's crust is called A) A volcanic eruption. B) Weathering and erosion. C) An avalanche. D) An earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An earthquake. ← 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