Earth Science Quiz 60 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following units of the geological, clock is the shortest?

Correct Answer: D) Periods.

2. New York State bedrock of which age containssalt, gypsum, and hematite?

Correct Answer: D) Silurian.

3. What is the layer of air that surrounds Earth?

Correct Answer: D) Atmosphere.

4. The reasons we have seasons is because the Earth is .....

Correct Answer: B) Tilted.

5. What is the period of Revolution of Mercury?

Correct Answer: A) 88 days.

6. What causes day and night cycles?

Correct Answer: C) Earths rotation.

7. What types of rocks are formed by weathering?

Correct Answer: C) Sedimentary Rocks.

8. An increase in which gas in Earth's atmosphere will most significantly increase global temperatures?

Correct Answer: A) Methane.

9. The continental shelf constitutes ..... percent of the total area of the sea floor.

Correct Answer: B) 7 to 8.

10. What is the center of our solar system?

Correct Answer: C) Sun.

11. Which two phases changes add energy?

Correct Answer: D) Melting, Evaporation.

12. Caves are found in Virginia's Valley and Ridge province because the area is underlain by-

Correct Answer: D) Limestone.

13. One reason Earth is not entirely a closed system is because

Correct Answer: D) The atmosphere loses hydrogen to space.

14. All forms of electromagnetic energy have

Correct Answer: A) Transverse wave properties.

15. The outer core is believed to be completely.

Correct Answer: D) Melted metals.

16. The Law of Conservation of Energy states:

Correct Answer: B) Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only transformed.

17. What is an example of condensation?

Correct Answer: D) Fog forming on a mirror.

18. Compared to an inland location, a location on an ocean shore at the same elevation and latitude is likely to have

Correct Answer: D) Warmer winters and cooler summers.

19. What are the 4 branches of earth science

Correct Answer: C) Geology, oceanography, astronomy, meteorology.

20. What weather factor does a wind vane measure?

Correct Answer: D) Wind Direction.