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Earth Science Final Exam
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Bonus Question: The water cycle and rock cycle are examples of...
The use of natural resources
The cycling of matter
The uses of the elements
The cycling of antimatter (Earth matter)
2
What layer is this?
The Core
The Outer Core
The Inner Core
The Lower Mantle
3
What layer is this?
The Asthenosphere
The Crust
The Lithosphere
The Upper Mantle
4
What is the biosphere?
Part that contains all animals
Part that contains all living organisms
Part of Earth that contains all living and dead organisms
Part that contains all living organisms in the solar system
5
What is sedimentary rock?
Rock that forms when rock, plant, or animal remains are pressed together
Rock that is changed from heat and/or pressure
Rock that forms from the cooling of magma
None of the shown
6
What moves tectonic plates?
Currents in the asthenosphere
Currents in the mantle
Currents in the upper mantle
Currents in the crust
7
What is the innermost layer of Earth called?
The Core
The Lower Mantle
The Upper Core
The Biosphere
8
Which is not part of the Earth system?
Biosphere
Pedosphere
Hydrosphere
Bisophere
9
What is evaporation?
Water vapor to liquid water
Frozen water to liquid water
Liquid water to water vapor
None of the shown
10
True or False: Climate change prove the Theory of Continental Drift?
True
False
11
True or False: Metamorphic rock is rock that was not formed under extreme heat and/or pressure
True
False
12
What is condensation?
water vapor to liquid water
liquid water to water vapor
The process plants do to release water vapor from their leaves
solid water to liquid water
13
Which of the following support the Theory of Sea Floor Spreading?
Continents move because of new crust being formed
The farther the rock from the center, the older it is, and vice versa
Magnetic stripes on crust show the different types of rock being pushed out
New crust is continuously being added to the sea floor at spreading centers
14
True or False: The mantle is composed of mainly iron and nickel.
False
True
15
What is the hydrosphere?
Part that contains all of its water
Part that soley contains all the water in the oceans
Part that has all of its freshwater (hence the root hydro)
Part that contains all of Earth's liquid water
16
What is extrusive igneous rock?
Magma that has cooled extrusively of the mantle
Igneous rock that forms under the surface
Metamorphic rock that's melted
Igneous rock that forms on the surface
17
True or False: The core is mainly made out of iron and magnesium.
False
True
18
What are the 4 types of processes in the water cycle?
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation
Transpiration
19
True or False: Continental crust is less dense and has rocks that are coarse and lighter colored that make up continents
False
True
20
What layer is this?
The Lower Mantle
The Upper Mantle
The Crust
The Lithosphere
21
The outer core is...
Is a liquid that flows quickly and has currents that move tectonic plates
Is a solid that cannot flow and does not have currents
Is a liquid that flows slowly and has currents
Is molten rock that can flow slowly
22
What evidence from land features supports Theory of Continental Drift?
Coal deposits, mountains, and rocks that don't match up on continents
Coal deposits, mountains, and rocks that match up on different continents
None of the shown answers
Coal deposits, mountains, and rocks that match up on the same continents
23
Parallel layers called bands are in...
Extrusive Rocks
Clastic Rocks
Foliated Rocks
None of the shown
24
True or False: Wegener's theory was immediately approved by scientists before figured out how the continents moved.
True
False
25
What is the hottest and most dense layer of Earth?
The Crust
The Mantle
The Asthenosphere
The Core
26
What layer is this?
The Mantle
The Core
The Outer
The Inner Core
27
True or False: Mesosaurus, Cynognathus, Lystrosaurus, and Lysosomes fossils are types of species that prove the Theory.
True
False
28
What evidence concerning ocean trenches supports the Theory of Sea Floor Spreading?
Older rock = Closer to trenchNewer rock = closer to center
Older rock = Closer to centerNewer rock = closer to center
Older rock = Closer to centerNewer rock = closer to trench
Older rock = Closer to trenchNewer rock = closer to trench
29
What is the thickest layer of Earth?
The Mantle
The Core
The Lower Mantle
The Asthenosphere
30
What is igneous rock?
None of the shown
Rock formed from the heating of magma or lava
Rock changed due to heat and/or pressure
Rock formed from the cooling of magma or lava
31
What layer is this?
The Mantle
The Asthenosphere
The Outer Core
The Lower Mantle
32
Bonus Question: How many total layers are there of the geosphere?
5
7
3
6
33
The asthenosphere is...
Made of soft, solid rock that can bend and flow
Made of hard, solid rock that cannot bend and flow
Made of soft, molten rock that can bend and flow
Made of liquid, hot rock that has convection currents
34
True or False: The crust and the upper mantle create the lithosphere
False
True
35
What is the outermost layer of Earth called?
The Upper Mantle
The Lithosphere
The Crust
The Atmosphere
36
True or False: Oceanic crust is less dense and has rocks that are finer, are lighter, and make up the ocean floor
True
False
37
True or False: Deposition occurs when causes of erosion lay sediments in a new location
True
False
38
Which two continents fit the best together?
South America and Europe
South America and Africa
None of the options shown
Africa and North America
39
What is precipitation?
Large lakes used to store water for human uses
The process that plants use to release water vapor from their leaves
Water that comes back to the surface in forms of rain, snow, sleet, or hail
Water vapor to liquid water
40
True or False: Dutch scientist Helberg Hess proposed the Theory of Sea Floor Spreading.
False
True
41
True or False: Weathering is the chemical and physical processes that break down rock and other substances
True
False
42
What is intrusive ingeous rock?
The same thing as extrusive igneous rock
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Sedimentary rock formed under the surface
Igneous rock that forms underground
43
The Rock Cycle is...
A series of processes that change rocks from one kind to two kinds
A series of cycles that rapidly change magma into igneous rock
A series of processes that slowly change rocks from one kind to another
A series of processes that slowly change magma to sedimentary rock
44
The inner core...
Is solid and is constantly spinning; motion produces electrical charges
Is solid and does not move
Is molten and is constantly rotating; motion produces electrical energy
Is liquid and is constantly spinning; motion produces magnetic field
45
Bonus Question: How many "spheres" are there? (lithosphere, atmosphere, etc.)
4
5
None of the shown
7
46
What layer is this?
The Core
The Crust
The Asthenosphere
The Mantle
47
Where does high pressure come from?
Collisions in the crust
Collisons from parts of the lithosphere
None of the shown
Collisions from tectonic plates
48
What is the atmosphere?
A thin layer of oxygen that allows us to breath
A thick envelope of nitrogen that allows us to breath
A thin layer of gas that forms Earth's innermost layer
A thin envelope of gas that forms Earth's outermost layer
49
Which is in correct order of the main layers (outermost to innermost)?
Crust, Mantle, Core
The correct answer is not on the screen
Core, Mantle, Crust
Inner Core, Asthenosphere, Continental Crust
50
What is the thinnest, coolest, and least dense layerof Earth?
The Upper Mantle
The Crust
The Asthenosphere
The Continental Crust
51
What is the geosphere?
Part of Earth that contains all the metal in the Solar System
Part the contains all solid and molten rock and metal
Part that contains all of Earth's rock
Part that has all of Earth’s solid rocks, molten rock, metals, and soil
52
If you go closer to ocean trenches, what will you find?
Black
Older rock
Newer rock
None of the shown
53
What layer is this?
The Upper Mantle
The Asthenosphere
The Lithospherre
The Crust
54
True or False: Erosion is the process by which natural forces move sediments from one place to another.
False
True
55
Bonus Question: There are 10 subsections of rocks (igneous has extrusive and intrusive for example)
False
True
56
What layer is this?
The Crust
The Continental Crust
The Oceanic Crust
The Lithosphere
57
The two types of metamorphic rock are described as...
Rough as well as smooth
Parallel with bands as well as neat and grainy
Random without bands and smooth
Parallel with bands as well as random
58
Where does high heat come from in the rock cycle?
None of the shown
Pockets of magma that rise up through the crust
Pressure from tectonic plates
Heat of the mantle when rock gets forced down by tectonic plate collisions
59
What is transpiration?
Water vapor to liquid water
Process where plants release oxygen in order to help build clouds
Soil water in plants turning into water vapor
Process when plants release water vapor from tiny openings in their leaves
60
What drives the water cycle?
Non of the shown
Heat leaving the Earth, cooling it down
Heat from the Betelgeuse star
Heat from the core and mantle creating heat
61
What do identical magnetic stripes on the sea floor indicate?
The Theory is true and Earth's magnetic filed reversed itself
The Theory is true and Earth's magnetic filed reamined constant
None of the shown
The Theory is false and metal is being created at the sea floor
62
True or False: Rock does not turn into magma when it melts.
True
False
63
What is the water cycle?
Continous cycle of water from the atmosphere then ends on the surface
None of the shown
Continous cycle of water from the atmosphere, to the surface, and so on
Non-continous cycle of water from the atmosphere, to the surface, and so on
64
What is the middle layer of Earth?
The Asthenosphere
The Lithosphere
The Mantle
The Geosphere
65
The crust is made out of mainly...
Oxygen and Silicon
Continental and Oceanic Crust
Oxygen and Continental Crust
Silicon and Oceanic Crust
66
The lower mantle...
Is a solid layer that is more rigid than the asthenosphere
Is a solid layer that is more rigid than the crust
Is a liquid layer that is much hotter than the inner core
Is a molten layer that is less rigid than the asthenosphere
67
What creates Earth's magnetic field?
The motion of the asthenosphere
The motion of the outer core
The motions of the inner and outer core
Magnets in the Earth's core
68
The upper mantle is...
A cool, solid, rigid layer made of brittle rock; very similar to the crust
A hot, liquid layer of rapidly flowing rock; very similar to the outer core
Named after its position in the Earth
A warm, molten layer of flowing rock; very similar to the inner core
69
What are 2 main sources of energy for the Earth?
Electrical energy created from the spinning motion of the core
Heat that flows out of Earth as it cools
The Sun
Solar panels that collect energy from the Sun
70
What layer is this?
Lower Mantle
Outer Core
Continental Crust
Inner Core
71
Who brought up the Theory of Continental Drift?
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Isaac Newton
None of the shown answers
72
Which are true about the Theory of Continental Drift?
Earth was once a gian supercontinent, called Pangea
There are things called spreading centers that create new crust
The pieces of Pangea broke apart to become the continents we have today
The continents ares till drifting apart
73
True or False: Clastic, Organic, and Chemical are the three types of sedimentary rock?
True
False
74
What are tectonic plates?
Pieces of the crust
Pieces of the upper mantle
Pieces of the asthenosphere
Pieces of the lithosphere
75
Which is/are true?
Foliated rock is random and does not contian bands
Chemical Rock is made of minerals formed by precip or the evap of water
Clastic rock is made up of rock fragments that have been squeezed together
Organic Rock is made up of thick layers of plant & animal remains
