This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 22 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are fossil fuels? A) A clean source of renewable energy. B) Mixtures of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of the Earth. C) A nonrenewable energy resource formed the remains of organisms that lived long ago. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A nonrenewable energy resource formed the remains of organisms that lived long ago. 2. The name of the area that is the upper level of the zone of saturation: A) Zone of Saturation. B) Zone of Aeration. C) Water Table. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water Table. 3. Minerals have A) No crystal form. B) Proteins. C) Crystal shape. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crystal shape. 4. Using the geographic coordinate system, the distance of places can be measured in what Units? A) Kilometers. B) Kilograms. C) Degrees. D) Liters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Degrees. 5. According to the ideas of William Smith, which rock layers are the same age? A) Layers with different fossils. B) Layers with similar fossils. C) Layers of equal thickness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Layers with similar fossils. 6. Which is true about the way sunlight changes from winter to summer? A) Sunlight travels faster in summer. B) Sunlight is more intense in summer. C) Sunlight has higher wavelengths in summer. D) Sunlight has greater frequencies in summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight is more intense in summer. 7. Which of these can rapidly affect Earth's surface? A) Earthquakes. B) Annual rainfall. C) Sediment deposits. D) Frozen precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquakes. 8. Which one of the following landforms is not produced mainly by the water cycle? A) Sand dunes along a beach. B) Valleys. C) Canyons. D) Sand dunes in a desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sand dunes in a desert. 9. Two ways to describe igneous rocks are ..... A) Intrusive and Extrusive. B) Gray and White. C) Foliated and Non-Foliated. D) Clastic and Biochemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intrusive and Extrusive. 10. Which of the following units of the geological, clock is the longest? A) Eons. B) Epoctis. C) Eros. D) Epochs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eons. 11. What does physical weathering involve? A) Water. B) Wind. C) Temperature. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 12. It is placed below the lithosphere which is about 180 km thick and contains magma. A) Volcano. B) Lava. C) Atmosphere. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asthenosphere. 13. Which is not the characteristics of the geological time scale A) Events are arranged in a chronological order. B) Divided into four eras. C) Each era is further divided into years. D) Each era is further divided into smaller periods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each era is further divided into years. 14. Hubble's Law says that ..... A) Galaxies farther away are moving slower away. B) Galaxies do not move. C) Galaxies further away from us are moving faster away. D) Galaxies closer to Earth are moving faster away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Galaxies further away from us are moving faster away. 15. Wegener wondered how fossil and living creatures A) Ended up on different continents. B) Got frozen in ice. C) Died. D) Created earthquake waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ended up on different continents. 16. Which group of substances is arranged in order of decreasing specific heat values? A) Iron, granite, basalt. B) Copper, lead, iron. C) Dry air, water vapor, iceOption 3 (optional). D) Liquid water, ice, water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liquid water, ice, water vapor. 17. The remains or traces of living things in preserved rock A) Metamorphic rock. B) Sedimentary rock. C) Fossils. D) Igneous rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossils. 18. The deflection of Earth's planetary winds is an 6 Arrows in the diagram below show three methods example of A) The coriolis effect. B) The doppler effect. C) Convection. D) Gravitational pull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The coriolis effect. 19. Ecosystems are comprised of living things. In which sphere you can find this? A) Atmosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere. 20. There are more than ..... submerged, usually extinct, volcanoes in the world. A) 200. B) 1000. C) 1500. D) 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2000. ← 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