Earth Science Quiz 4 (20 MCQs)

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1. Why is it important to study fossils?

Correct Answer: A) Fossils are evidence of organisms that lived long ago.

2. What layer of Earth contains the plates that cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?

Correct Answer: D) The lithosphere.

3. In New York State, the risk of sunburn is greatest between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on summer days because

Correct Answer: B) The angle of insolation is high.

4. Which climate condition generally results from both an increase in distance from the equator and an increase in elevation above sea level?

Correct Answer: B) Cooler temperatures.

5. The layers of gases that surround Earth.

Correct Answer: A) Atmosphere.

6. What 2 types of crust come together at a subduction zone?

Correct Answer: D) 1 continental and 1 oceanic.

7. Which area is the most common source regionfor cold, dry air masses that move over New YorkState?

Correct Answer: C) Central Canada.

8. What is a scientific model?

Correct Answer: C) A representation of an object or system.

9. Wind speed can be measured using

Correct Answer: A) An anemometer.

10. Heat transfer by convection is caused by differences in what two things:

Correct Answer: C) Temperature and density.

11. A very dark colored soil sample is taken from the Okefenokee Swamp. What is most likely the majority of the composition of the soil?

Correct Answer: D) Decomposed organic matter.

12. What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate?

Correct Answer: B) Volcanoes.

13. The warmer zone near the equator

Correct Answer: C) Tropical zone.

14. There are ..... main strata (layers) of the atmosphere.

Correct Answer: B) 4.

15. What percentage of the Moon is lit by the Sun?

Correct Answer: A) Always 50%.

16. Igneous rock is best defined as

Correct Answer: C) Rock that is formed by the cooling or lava or magma.

17. Sand sediments are usually more permeable than silt sediments because sand grains are

Correct Answer: A) Larger.

18. Match the following word/subject with the topic it relates to the most.Rocks and Minerals

Correct Answer: A) Geology.

19. Geology and biology come together in the study of organisms and their environment.

Correct Answer: B) Ecology.

20. Which of the following would not cause a rapid change to Earth?

Correct Answer: B) A river carving a canyon.