This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is used to compare in an experiment. They do not get tested. A) Peer Review. B) Accuracy. C) Precision. D) Control group. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Control group. 2. Clues to what ancient climates were like come from all of the following except A) Ice cores. B) Thickness of rock layers. C) Tree rings. D) Plant pollens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thickness of rock layers. 3. Solar system is believed to be made up of rotating cloud gas and dustcalled ..... A) Dark matter. B) Radiation. C) Solar flare. D) Solar nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar nebula. 4. A scientist finds a rock that contains fossils. The scientist knows that this rock is what type? A) Igneous rock. B) Metamorphic rock. C) Sedimentary rock. D) She cannot tell from this information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedimentary rock. 5. Locations in the Northern Hemisphere are warmest in summer because sunlight in summer is A) Least intense and of shortest duration. B) Least intense and of longest duration. C) Most intense and of shortest duration. D) Most intense and of longest duration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Most intense and of longest duration. 6. What does the Sun provide for the water cycle? A) Light energy. B) Heat energy. C) Mechanical energy. D) Sound energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat energy. 7. When its summer in the Northern Hemisphere, its ..... in the Southern Hemisphere A) Melting. B) Winter. C) Slipper. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winter. 8. What is the deepest part of the ocean floor? A) Trench. B) Fjord. C) Crustal crease. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trench. 9. The hydrosphere covers approximately what percentage of Earth's lithosphere? A) 100%. B) 70%. C) 50%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 70%. 10. In sea-floor spreading the newest rock is found A) Mid-ocean ridge. B) Trench. C) Abyssal plain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mid-ocean ridge. 11. Shortest day of the year A) Autumnal Equinox. B) Summer Solstice. C) Winter Solstice. D) Vernal Equinox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winter Solstice. 12. Chemical weathering occurs when minerals in rocks are changed chemically. Which of these will MOST likely change the rate of chemical weathering on a rock? A) Decrease in air temperature. B) Increase in rainfall amounts. C) Slow movement of a glacier. D) Rapid growth of plant roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase in rainfall amounts. 13. One process in the formation of sedimentary rocks is when rocks are A) Compressed by moving plates. B) Heated and subjected to high pressure. C) Broken up and deposited in layers. D) Moved up along fault planes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken up and deposited in layers. 14. Which list below includes the parts of a lab experiment? A) Hypothesis, observation. B) Hypothesis, control, constant, variables. C) Data, conclusion. D) Problem, hypothesis, data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis, control, constant, variables. 15. The land on the ..... side of a mountain range is in a rain shadow A) Windward. B) Far. C) Leeward. D) South. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leeward. 16. Inner core A) The innermost, solid layer of earth. B) The liquid layer UNDER THE MANTLE. C) A rock. D) The part of earth made up of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The innermost, solid layer of earth. 17. The process in which several experts review another experts work before it gets published is ..... A) Peer Review. B) Observation. C) Theory. D) Hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peer Review. 18. How many moons does earth have A) 2. B) 5. C) 9. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. 19. The sun is the largest object in the solar system, and constitutes over 99% of the solar's system's mass. A) Meteorology. B) Astronomy. C) Oceanography. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astronomy. 20. How does the moon get its light? A) It reflects the sun's light onto the earth. B) It creates its own light, similar to a star. C) It gathers light from earth during the day. D) The moon is actually a yellow color, so it appears to be bright during the nighttime. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It reflects the sun's light onto the earth. ← 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