Earth Science Quiz 54 (20 MCQs)

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1. How old is a bone that has 12.5% of the originalamount of radioactive carbon-14 remaining
2. Heat rising in the mantle creates ..... boundaries, while the sinking of cold magma creates ..... boundaries.
3. The lower the barometric (air) pressure is, the worse the weather will be.
4. Core
5. Which two features are commonly found atdivergent plate boundaries?
6. What are the 4 main spheres of Earth?
7. The correct SI unit for measuring length is
8. Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?
9. A ..... force slowly wears a way mountains and other features on the surface of earth.
10. Planetary differentiation (layering of the earth) occurs because of what property of matter?
11. When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, which season occurs in the Southern Hemisphere?
12. The moon is now much cooler that the earth. Why?
13. This is the study of the oceans that make up Earth.
14. The correct SI unit for temperature is .....
15. What color has the longest wavelength?
16. In which layer of the Sun does nuclear fusion occur?
17. What is an example of freezing?
18. Which 2 layers of the Earth form the lithosphere?
19. Which of the following refers to an aggregate of one or more minerals?
20. Which ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge?