This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 27 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rotation of the earth takes A) One day. B) One year. C) One summer. D) One winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One day. 2. Which would be an example of a fossil? A) Sedimentary Rock. B) Oyster Pearl. C) Dinosaur Footprint. D) Rotting Log. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dinosaur Footprint. 3. Which of the following is NOT an example of an interaction between the hydrosphere andgeosphere? A) Water drank by people. B) Erosion of soil after the typhoon. C) Landslide after heavy rains. D) Underground water stored in the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water drank by people. 4. What is it that keeps clouds floating in the air? A) They are lighter than air. B) Warm air below them. C) They are mostly helium. D) Gravity None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm air below them. 5. This planet has the longest period of revolution. A) Mercury. B) Mars. C) Saturn. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neptune. 6. What is geochemistry? A) The study of chemicals. B) The study of dirt. C) The study of the chemical composition of the Earth. D) The study of chemical solutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The study of the chemical composition of the Earth. 7. In this type of variable, the scientists creates this as a factor to test A) Dependent Variable. B) Control Group. C) Independent varaible. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent varaible. 8. The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface. A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Deposition. D) Jackhammering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weathering. 9. Metamorphic rocks are classified into ..... main types. A) 5. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 10. The lava from a volcano destroying a nearby forest is an example of A) The atmosphere interacting with the biosphere. B) The geosphere interacting with the biosphere. C) The geosphere interacting with the hydrosphere. D) The hydrosphere interacting with the geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The geosphere interacting with the biosphere. 11. The place where an organism lives and obtains all the things that it needs to survive. A) Home. B) Nest. C) Habitat. D) Car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat. 12. The layer of our atmosphere in which weather occurs is the A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Exosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 13. Which of the following is true for both gas planets and terrestrial planets? A) They both have an ice core. B) They have rings. C) They all have multiple moons. D) They are round. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are round. 14. The atmosphere is the Earth system that describes A) The area from the surface of the Earth down to its center. B) All the water on Earth. C) The blanket of gases that surrounds our planet. D) All organisms on Earth and the environments in which they live. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The blanket of gases that surrounds our planet. 15. This theory states that the consciousness we experience is not real A) Consciousness Theory. B) Hologram Theory. C) Virtual Reality Theory. D) Holographic Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holographic Theory. 16. The cycle that powers the ocean currents, weather, and tectonic plates it called A) Conduction current. B) Radiation. C) Condition current. D) Convection current. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convection current. 17. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an index fossil. A) Lived for short period of time. B) Found only in one spot on Earth. C) Geographically widespread. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found only in one spot on Earth. 18. The deflection of prevailing winds and ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere is called A) Eccentricity. B) Refraction. C) The Coriolis effect. D) The Doppler effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Coriolis effect. 19. Which cololour penetrates in water farther than other colours? A) Yellow. B) Blue. C) Red. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blue. 20. Almost all of the ozone in the atmosphere is concentrated in the stratosphere. A) Oceanography. B) Meteorology. C) Astronomy. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteorology. ← 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