This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Earth Science – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Earth Science Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During which season and at what latitude does the sun not set? A) Summer and greater than 66$^ \circ$N. B) Spring and 0$^ \circ$N. C) Fall and 23$^ \circ$N. D) Winter and greater than 66$^ \circ$N. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer and greater than 66$^ \circ$N. 2. What do flood plains, sandbars, and river deltas in common? A) They are formed by water erosion. B) They have been formed by glacial erosion. C) They have been formed by wind erosion. D) They have been formed by sandblasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are formed by water erosion. 3. One full year on Earth means the year has completed one full ..... around the sun. A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Spin. D) Tilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolution. 4. This type of boundary occur when 2 plates slide toward each other to form either a subduction zone. A) Divergent Plate Boundary. B) Tectonic Plate Boundary. C) Convergent Plate Boundary. D) Transform Plate Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convergent Plate Boundary. 5. All of the following are examples of mass movement EXCEPT A) Rockfalls. B) Creep. C) Seafloor spreading. D) Mudslides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seafloor spreading. 6. What is the order of the slow changes to the earth's surface? A) Erosion, Weathering, Deposition. B) Weathering, Erosion, Deposition. C) Deposition, Erosion, Weathering. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weathering, Erosion, Deposition. 7. Geology is best defined as A) The study of rocks, the process that forms and changes them. B) Breakdown of rocks by a physical process. C) A model geologists use to explain the rock cycle. D) The removal of weathered rock particles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of rocks, the process that forms and changes them. 8. Ocean waves are produced due to movement of. A) Dust particles. B) Animals remains. C) Water molecules. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water molecules. 9. If magma cools & hardens what rock is formed? A) Igneous. B) Metamorphic. C) Sedimentary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Igneous. 10. Any natural resource people use to generate energy is a(n) A) Fossil fuel. B) Petroleum. C) Coal. D) Energy resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Energy resource. 11. The earth is tilted on its ..... A) Line. B) Equator. C) Axis. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axis. 12. People bring sand from other places to Georgia's coastline in a process known as ..... This process limits the effects of a ..... process. A) Erosion, constructive. B) Weathering, destructive. C) Flood control, constructive. D) Beach reclamation, destruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beach reclamation, destruction. 13. A possible explanation or solution to a problem. A) Observation. B) Hypothesis. C) Conclusion. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypothesis. 14. What are the three primary sources of Earth's energy? A) Fossil fuels, nuclear, solar. B) Geothermal, nuclear, solar. C) Geothermal, solar, tidal. D) Nuclear, solar, tidal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geothermal, solar, tidal. 15. Why do scientist believe the outer core is liquid? A) They cannot pickup S-waves in shadow of core. B) They cannot pick up P-waves in shadow of core. C) Refraction of Love waves. D) A lava monster leaked the information in a magma bubble belch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They cannot pickup S-waves in shadow of core. 16. A theory is backed by evidence and ..... A) Tested. B) Accepted by all scientists. C) A guess. D) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tested. 17. A geyser is a hot spring in which underground water is heated by geothermal activity and periodically boils. In ....., there are many geysers. A) Indonesia. B) Egypt. C) Iceland. D) U.K. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iceland. 18. Upon which the density of water depends? A) Temperature. B) Light. C) Dust. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature. 19. A geological theory explaining the movement of Earth's crust A) Plate tectonics. B) Continental drift. C) Pangaea. D) Transform boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plate tectonics. 20. Which substance is a mixture of organic matter and weathered rock? A) Limestone. B) Soil. C) Schist. D) Granite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil. ← 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 9Earth Science Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books