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Earth Science Quiz 30 (20 MCQs)

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1. The part of the Earth that is liquid is the .....
2. What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
3. Equal areas of which type of surface will reflect the most insolation?
4. What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
5. Where does most fresh water exist?
6. Cracks in the plates of the Earth
7. What two factors affect the gravitational attraction between two objects?
8. What word tells us that a cloud is considered a 'vertical' cloud?
9. What happens to particle movement/speed when energy is added to a phase?
10. Geo =
11. The prevailing winds in the United States blow from the
12. Which is an effect of lower levels of solar radiation striking Earth?
13. At the equator, Earth spins at a rate of about 1670 kilometers per hour. The circumference of Earth at the equator is about 40, 000 kilometers. About how long does it take Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis at the equator?
14. A continental shelf is a submerged, gently sloping ledge that surrounds the edge of a .
15. Stone Mountain in Georgia is a granite dome that formed deep underground. Over time, uplift and erosion exposed the granite. What natural activity is MOST responsible for breaking down the mountain today?
16. The oceanic crust ..... when it reaches the continental crust.
17. ..... rocks are formed when molten magma cools and solidifies.
18. The scientific study of the Earth and the universe around it is called .....
19. It is the nearly melted layer of hot rock below Earth's crust.
20. Over 75% of the world's volcanoes and many of the world's major earthquakes happen along the
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