This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 54 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How old is a bone that has 12.5% of the originalamount of radioactive carbon-14 remaining A) 5, 700 years. B) 11, 400 years. C) 17, 100 years. D) 22, 800 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 17, 100 years. 2. Heat rising in the mantle creates ..... boundaries, while the sinking of cold magma creates ..... boundaries. A) Convergent, transform. B) Transform, divergent. C) Divergent, convergent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divergent, convergent. 3. The lower the barometric (air) pressure is, the worse the weather will be. A) Oceanography. B) Meteorology. C) Geology. D) Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteorology. 4. Core A) The innermost layers of Earth. B) Thin, outermost layer of Earth. C) A rock. D) A solid geometrical form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The innermost layers of Earth. 5. Which two features are commonly found atdivergent plate boundaries? A) Mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys. B) Wide valleys and deltas. C) Ocean trenches and subduction zones. D) Hot spots and island arcs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys. 6. What are the 4 main spheres of Earth? A) Hemisphere, Lithosphere, Troposphere, and Ionosphere. B) Exosphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Ozonosphere. C) Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere, and Geosphere. D) Thermosphere, Atmosphere, Hemisphere, and Ionosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere, and Geosphere. 7. The correct SI unit for measuring length is A) Meter. B) Inches. C) Pinky finger. D) Gram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 8. Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition? A) Relative dating. B) Absolute dating. C) Radioactive dating. D) Radiometric dating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relative dating. 9. A ..... force slowly wears a way mountains and other features on the surface of earth. A) Constructive. B) Destructive. C) Magnetic. D) Unnatural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destructive. 10. Planetary differentiation (layering of the earth) occurs because of what property of matter? A) Convection. B) Density. C) Mass. D) Volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Density. 11. When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, which season occurs in the Southern Hemisphere? A) Fall. B) Winter. C) Spring. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winter. 12. The moon is now much cooler that the earth. Why? A) Earth is bigger so cools slower. B) Moon gets no sunlight. C) Moon is actually warmer. D) Earth has water on it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth is bigger so cools slower. 13. This is the study of the oceans that make up Earth. A) Astronomy. B) Meteorology. C) Geology. D) Oceanography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oceanography. 14. The correct SI unit for temperature is ..... A) Seconds. B) Fahrenheit. C) Celsius. D) Kelvin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kelvin. 15. What color has the longest wavelength? A) Red. B) Blue. C) Purple. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red. 16. In which layer of the Sun does nuclear fusion occur? A) Core. B) Radiative zone. C) Convection zone. D) Chromosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Core. 17. What is an example of freezing? A) Water boiling. B) Water turning into ice. C) Chocolate bar turning into liquid chocolate. D) Fog forming on a mirror. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water turning into ice. 18. Which 2 layers of the Earth form the lithosphere? A) Crust and Core. B) Crust and lower mantle. C) Crust and upper mantle. D) Crust and middle mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust and upper mantle. 19. Which of the following refers to an aggregate of one or more minerals? A) Compounds. B) Elements. C) Mineraloids. D) Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rock. 20. Which ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge? A) Indian. B) Dead Sea. C) Atlantic. D) Artic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atlantic. ← 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