This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 37 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is most likely a prevention strategy for flooding? A) Building artificial levees. B) Reducing water consumption. C) Recycling bottled water containers. D) Building waste landfills for metals and other contaminants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Building artificial levees. 2. Giant cockroaches and dragonflies were common insects during the Carboniferous period and were much larger than they are today. A) Meteorology. B) Astronomy. C) Geology. D) Oceanography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geology. 3. The molten rock that comes from a volcano after it has erupted is known as what? A) Lava. B) Magma. C) Crust. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lava. 4. Which motion occurs at a rate of approximatelyone degree per day? A) The Moon revolving around Earth. B) The Moon rotating on its axis. C) Earth revolving around the Sun. D) Earth rotating on its axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth revolving around the Sun. 5. The universe is approximately 13.8 billion years old. Compared to the age of the solar system, the age of the universe is approximately A) The same age as the solar system. B) 2x older than the solar system. C) 3x older than our solar system. D) 4x older than our solar system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3x older than our solar system. 6. Where is the asthenosphere found in the Earth's layers? A) Crust. B) Upper mantle. C) Lower mantle. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upper mantle. 7. It is a boundary that is located between the liquid outer core and the solid inner core. A) Gutenberg discontinuity. B) Lehman discontinuity. C) Mohorovicic discontinuity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gutenberg discontinuity. 8. In a closed system, the only thing that can enter or leave is A) Air. B) Energy. C) Matter. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy. 9. What is gravity? A) Carrying of weathered rock and soil from place to place. B) A force that pulls all objects toward each other. C) A solid made of minerals. D) Water, wind, plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A force that pulls all objects toward each other. 10. What is fastest of all earthquake waves A) P. B) S. C) Love. D) Rayleigh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) P. 11. Which of the following is NOT a correct description of oxygen gas (O2)? A) Use by animals for respiration. B) Taken in by plants for photosynthesis. C) Converted to carbon dioxide during respiration. D) A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas essential to living. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taken in by plants for photosynthesis. 12. This group of people studied earthquakes A) China. B) Greece. C) Babylonians. D) Mayans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 13. Which of the following slowly changes the surface of the Earth? A) Earthquakes. B) Weathering. C) Floods. D) Volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weathering. 14. The EARTH REVOLVES around the: A) Sun. B) Moon. C) Mercury. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 15. Some climate changes may be linked to changes in the number of ..... on the surface of the sun A) Sunspots. B) Solar storms. C) Aurora borealis. D) Flares. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sunspots. 16. Planets that are closest to the Sun are identified as A) Low-density jovian planets. B) Low-density terrestrial planets. C) High-density jovian planets. D) High-density terrestrial planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High-density terrestrial planets. 17. Most earthquakes and volcanoes occur ..... A) In the middle of the ocean. B) In the middle of continents. C) Where tectonic plates meet (boundaries). D) In Earth's polar regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where tectonic plates meet (boundaries). 18. Our sun is only one of ..... of stars in the Milky Way galaxy. A) Billions. B) Millions. C) Hundreds. D) Thousands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Billions. 19. What do we call the layers of soil? A) Deposits. B) Horizons. C) Minerals. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horizons. 20. When it is solar noon at a location at 75$^ \circ$ Wlongitude, what is the solar time at a location at120$^ \circ$ W longitude? A) 9am. B) 12 noon. C) 3pm. D) 12 midnight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9am. ← 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