This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 42 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The movement of weathered rock and soil A) Erosion. B) Rock cycle. C) Mantle. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erosion. 2. The unequal heating rates of the land and water are caused by A) Land having a higher density than water. B) Water having a higher density than land. C) Land having a higher specific heat than water. D) Water having a higher specific heat than land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water having a higher specific heat than land. 3. When it is summer in the United States, it is ..... in South America. A) Spring. B) Summer. C) Fall. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winter. 4. Which topic would an astronomer study? A) Pollution. B) Galaxies. C) Mountains. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Galaxies. 5. Sedimentary rocks are common and cover about ..... percent of the total land area. A) 45. B) 50. C) 60. D) 75. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 75. 6. Precipitation that does not soak into the ground is called this. A) Aquifer. B) Erosion. C) Runoff (surface water). D) Water table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Runoff (surface water). 7. Since Denver's longitude is 105$^ \circ$ W and Utica'slongitude is 75$^ \circ$ W, sunrise in Denver occurs(1) 2 hours earlier (3) 3 hours earlier(2) 2 hours later (4) 3 hours later A) 2 hours earlier. B) 2 hours later. C) 3 hours earlier. D) 3 hours later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 hours later. 8. What does the root word hydr/a/o mean? A) Life. B) Earth. C) Vapor. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 9. Minerals that are commercially valuable are known as. A) Crystals. B) Ore minerals. C) Organic minerals. D) Inorganic minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ore minerals. 10. What evidence did Wegener use in his theory? A) Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces. B) Glacier scars and evidence from temperature. C) Mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. What does inorganic mean? A) Something that is living. B) Something that is dead, but was once living. C) Something that was never living. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something that was never living. 12. Which of the following types of clouds is usually associated with severe thunderstorms? A) Cirrus. B) Altostratus. C) Cumulus. D) Cumulonimbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cumulonimbus. 13. The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called ..... A) Death ring. B) Fire zone. C) Ring of fire. D) Zone of fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ring of fire. 14. An area which drains into a common river system. A) Watershed. B) Tributary. C) Drainage divide. D) Riparian zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watershed. 15. What happens to the angle of insolation between 6 am and solar noon? A) It decreases. B) It increases. C) It remains the same. D) It increases then decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It increases. 16. Which instrument is used to measure changes in wind speed? A) Hygrometer. B) Thermometer. C) Anemometer. D) Barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anemometer. 17. Which change would cause a decrease in the amount of insolation absorbed at Earth's surface? A) A decrease in cloud cover. B) A decrease in atmospheric transparency. C) An increase in the duration of daylight. D) An increase in nitrogen gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A decrease in atmospheric transparency. 18. The amount of surface included within a set of boundaries (expressed in square units of length) is called A) Density. B) Volume. C) Weight. D) Area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Area. 19. The sun goes through natural ..... year cycles of high output and low output A) 11. B) 100. C) 121. D) 1550. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11. 20. Why have geologists not reached the mantle? A) It is too hot for humans to go there. B) It is too smelly for humans to go there. C) It doesn't have Wi-Fi so none of their instruments work. D) Scientists have not figured out how to time travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is too hot for humans to go there. ← 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