Earth Science Quiz 2 (20 MCQs)

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1. If the ice on the North pole all melted, sea level would rise approximately

Correct Answer: A) 0 feet.

2. Geologists learn about the Earth's interior by studying ..... which travel through the Earth.

Correct Answer: A) Seismic waves.

3. Which gas is inferred to have been absent fromEarth's atmosphere during the Early Archean Era?

Correct Answer: C) Oxygen.

4. The temperature of the gym changed 20oC over a 1 hour time period. What is the rate of the temperature change per minute?

Correct Answer: A) 0.33o C/min.

5. Which group of organisms survived massextinctions that marked the ends of both thePaleozoic Era and the Mesozoic Era?

Correct Answer: D) Gastropods.

6. Earth scientists often use ..... to represent complex objects or processes.

Correct Answer: D) Models.

7. What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

Correct Answer: C) Rift Valley.

8. Which of the following types of clouds are high level clouds that are thin and wispy?

Correct Answer: A) Cirrus.

9. The ..... determines the color of visible light.

Correct Answer: A) Wavelength.

10. Boundary where plates move away from each other.

Correct Answer: A) Divergent.

11. Everything is primordial and made from infinitesimally small things.

Correct Answer: C) Primordial Universe.

12. Humidity is the .....

Correct Answer: A) Amount of Water Vapor in the Air.

13. The San Andres Fault in California will not cause California to break off into the ocean.

Correct Answer: D) Geology.

14. What process takes two hydrogen atoms (H) and combines them to make a helium atom (He)?

Correct Answer: A) Nuclear fusion.

15. An INTRUSIVE igneous rock with large crystals is formed:

Correct Answer: C) When magma cools slowly, allowing time for crystals to grow.

16. An explanation based upon an observation is called

Correct Answer: B) An inference.

17. The Earth is classified as a

Correct Answer: A) Planet.

18. Most of Earth's weather events take place in the

Correct Answer: D) Troposphere.

19. Greenwich (England) is at ..... degree longitude.

Correct Answer: C) Zero.

20. Crude oil is also called what?

Correct Answer: D) Petroleum.