Earth Science Quiz 58 (20 MCQs)

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1. Statement 1:Engineering Geology is the pure science.Statement 2:Geology is the applied science.

Correct Answer: B) Both statements are false.

2. What is a scientific law?

Correct Answer: D) An explanation of many experimental results and observations.

3. How long does the weathering process take?

Correct Answer: D) Years and Years.

4. What is the term given to the study of Earth's oceans and the movement of water?

Correct Answer: D) Oceanography.

5. ..... is if a mineral breaks apart in a jagged or rough layer.

Correct Answer: C) Fracture.

6. Which landscape is most likely formed by the process of deposition from glaciers?

Correct Answer: D) Hills.

7. Why is topsoil darker than all other levels of soil?

Correct Answer: C) It contains more organic matter.

8. Who showed first that the Earth is a giant magnet?

Correct Answer: B) Alfred Wegener.

9. The main factors that affect an area's ..... are prevailing winds and mountains.

Correct Answer: B) Precipitation.

10. Exosphere layer consists only of scattered atoms of oxygen, hydrogen and.

Correct Answer: D) Helium.

11. Which of these is a constructive change?

Correct Answer: A) Volcano erupting forming new land.

12. A weather map is an example of a .....

Correct Answer: C) Model.

13. The study of the universe beyond Earth is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Astronomy.

14. Soil made up of large grains

Correct Answer: B) Sand.

15. Which agent of erosion leads to the formation of sand dunes?

Correct Answer: B) Wind.

16. Which waves are the type that can give us suntans and sunburns?

Correct Answer: B) Ultraviolet radiation.

17. The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called .....

Correct Answer: D) A convection current.

18. What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

Correct Answer: B) Mid-Ocean Ridge (where new crust is forming).

19. Which of the following is not an example of igneous rocks?

Correct Answer: A) Aqueous rocks.

20. ..... is the resistance to being scratched.

Correct Answer: C) Hardness.