This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 56 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the brightness of a star as seen from Earth? A) Apparent magnitude. B) Absolute magnitude. C) Parallax. D) Spectrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apparent magnitude. 2. ..... is an area's expected weather over a long period of time. A) Geology. B) Climate. C) Temperature. D) Latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate. 3. This is the approximate amount of salt water on the Earth A) 3%. B) 70%. C) 97%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 97%. 4. What stage is our sun in the life cycle of a star? A) Main-sequence star. B) Red giant. C) White dwarf. D) Stellar nebula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main-sequence star. 5. What objects helped set a baseline of time for our evidence so we could compare all other evidence to it in order to determine how long ago our planet formed ..... A) Jack Hill rocks. B) Chondrite meteors. C) Martian meteors. D) Moon rock samples. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chondrite meteors. 6. Dry areas caused by sinking air and diverging surface winds are located at which two latitudes? A) 0$^ \circ$ and 30$^ \circ$ N. B) 30$^ \circ$ N and 30$^ \circ$ S. C) 0$^ \circ$ and 60$^ \circ$ S. D) 60$^ \circ$ N and 60$^ \circ$ S. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 30$^ \circ$ N and 30$^ \circ$ S. 7. T7-What graph/chart do you use for percentages? A) Bar graph. B) Line Graph. C) Pie chart. D) Data table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pie chart. 8. The metals that are rich in the Philippines are: A) Nickel, mercury and gold. B) Cobalt, silver and gold. C) Iron, Vibranium and Zinc. D) Copper, Coal and Methane gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cobalt, silver and gold. 9. Fossils are only found in A) Sedimentary rocks. B) Foliated Metamorphic rocks. C) Igneous Rocks. D) Nonfoliated Metamorphic rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedimentary rocks. 10. Folding A) A rock. B) A break in the earth's crust. C) Bending of the earth's layers. D) Magma making new landforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bending of the earth's layers. 11. A canyon is formed when rocky ground is eroded by a river is an example of A) The atmosphere interacting with the biosphere. B) The biosphere interacting with the hydrosphere. C) The geosphere interacting with the biosphere. D) The hydrosphere interacting with the geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The hydrosphere interacting with the geosphere. 12. Astronomer A) Someone who studies outer space. B) Someone who studies the weather. C) Someone who studies the oceans. D) Someone who studies people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone who studies outer space. 13. What energy sources "drives" the water cycle? A) Tides. B) Gravity. C) Moon rays. D) Heat from the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heat from the sun. 14. This layer is liquid, made of iron and nickel, and is 4700 degrees Celcius A) Outer Core. B) Inner Core. C) Mantle. D) Crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outer Core. 15. The water cycle is driven by what two forces? A) The sun and moon. B) Gravity and electricity. C) Gravity and nuclear. D) Gravity and the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity and the sun. 16. What type of rock forms when mineral constituents in solution become supersaturated and inorganically precipitate? A) Chemical Sedimentary Rock. B) Clastic Sedimentary Rock. C) Organic Sedimentary Rock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemical Sedimentary Rock. 17. Severe storms like hurricanes and tornadoes account for about ..... percent of the huge damage caused annually by natural disasters. A) 30. B) 20. C) 35. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20. 18. Which of the following would you expect to see in the death of a star that isis the same size or smaller than the Sun? A) Supernova. B) Planetary nebula. C) Red giant. D) White dwarf. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) White dwarf. 19. In which region of the electromagnetic spectrumis most of Earth's outgoing terrestrial radiation? A) Infrared. B) Visible. C) Ultraviolet. D) X rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infrared. 20. The early universe was extremely ..... and dense. A) Cold. B) Hot. C) Condensed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hot. ← 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