Earth Science Final Quiz

Question 1

The percentage of open spaces between mineral grains in clastic rocks is its _____.

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Porosity

Question 2

Extremely powerful thunderstorms that develop intense, rotating updrafts are

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Supercells

Question 3

Igneous rocks that cool slowly beneath Earth's crust are called...

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Intrusive

Question 4

Flooding often occurs if rain falls faster than

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The ground can absorb it

Question 5

Researchers use a ____ in an experiment to show that the results of an experiment are valid.

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Control

Question 6

Hail forms in part because of the presence of

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Supercooled water droplets

Question 7

Extrusive rocks, which cool more rapidly than intrusive rocks, are generally more...

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finely grained

Question 8

The branch of Earth science that studies the blanket of air that surrounds Earth is

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Meteorology

Question 9

A record of weather data for a particular site at a particular time is a(n)

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Station model

Question 10

Different minerals melt and crystallize at different temperatures.

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True

Question 11

In orographic lifting, clouds form when moist winds

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Encounter mountains

Question 12

The biosphere includes all organisms that live within a few meters of Earth’s surface, at the bottom of oceans.

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True

Question 13

What type of bedding has the heaviest and coarsest material on the bottom?

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Graded

Question 14

Saturn’s largest moon is named

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Titan

Question 15

Jupiter’s four moons are composed of

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Ice and rock

Question 16

Low, warm, dark-colored, sinking clouds in Jupiter’s atmosphere are known as

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Belts

Question 17

The surface of Mercury is similar to the surface of

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The Moon

Question 18

Galileo discovered Jupiter’s

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Four major satellites

Question 19

The constant movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth’s surface is

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The water cycle

Question 20

How do Rock B and Rock D differ in their grain size?

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Rock B is medium-grained and Rock D is fine-grained.

Question 21

A balloon-borne package of sensors that gathers upper-level temperature, air pressure, and humidity is

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A radiosonde

Question 22

Narrow band of fast, high altitude westerly winds.

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Jet stream

Question 23

Hurricanes are classified according to the Fujita scale.

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False

Question 24

The ________________ represents 0° longitude.

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prime meridian

Question 25

What is meteorology?

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Study of atmospheric phenomena

Question 26

On a topographic map, the difference in elevation between two side-by-side contour lines is called the

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Contour interval

Question 27

Climate is defined by?

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Long-term weather

Question 28

Weathering of rock produces worn surfaces and rounded corners that are characteristic of some _____ sediment particles.

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Clastic

Question 29

Tropical cyclones originate over the warm waters of most tropical oceans.

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True

Question 30

Lines of ______________ run parallel to the equator.

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laitude

Question 31

Most scientific studies use a standard system of units called what?

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SI

Question 32

Heat in the upper mantle and lower crust may come, in part, from the decay of radioactive elements.

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True

Question 33

Ozone in Earth’s atmosphere is important because it

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Absorbs harmful radiation

Question 34

The four inner planets of our solar system are

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Terrestrial planets

Question 35

Used as road and weather maps.

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Conic

Question 36

The brightest planet in Earth’s nighttime sky is

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Venus

Question 37

What detects thermal energy differences?

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Infrared imagery

Question 38

What is the latitude of the north pole?

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90° north

Question 39

One day on Venus is equal to how many days on Earth?

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243 Days

Question 40

Cloud droplets collide to form larger droplets in a process called

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Coalescence

Question 41

Diamonds can form only

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Under very high pressure

Question 42

The eye of a hurricane is surrounded by a band of strong winds called the eye current.

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False

Question 43

The international date line is another name for the _______________.

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180° Meridian

Question 44

Maritime air masses originate over?

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Oceans

Question 45

A mound of water driven toward coastal areas by hurricane winds is called a

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Storm surge

Question 46

Earth’s atmosphere contains about 78 percent carbon dioxide.

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False

Question 47

Satellites in the Global Positioning System helps users determine their exact __________.

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position

Question 48

Each degree of latitude or longitude is divided into 60 smaller units are called

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Minutes

Question 49

The application of scientific discoveries is called _________________ .

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Technology

Question 50

Most of Earth’s atmosphere is composed of

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Nitrogen and oxygen

Question 51

Factors that affect a rock’s melting point include

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Pressure and water content

Question 52

Ore deposits such as gold sometimes are found as a(n)

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Veins

Question 53

Igneous rocks are strong because of their

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Interlocking grain texture

Question 54

The change in wave frequency of energy as it moves toward or away from an observer is the

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Doppler effect

Question 55

The most abundant organic sedimentary rocks is calcite-rich _____.

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Limestone

Question 56

The primary feature of sedimentary rocks is horizontal layering called ____.

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Bedding

Question 57

Layer just above the stratosphere

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Mesosphere

Question 58

The branch of science that studies carbon and its compounds is called _____.

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Biochemistry

Question 59

How did Rock A most likely get the rounded rock fragments?

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The rock fragments banged into each other during travel in water.

Question 60

Diamonds are sometimes found in igneous intrusions known as kimberlites.

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True

Question 61

Venus’s spin is an example of

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Retrograde motion

Question 62

Water vapor in the atmosphere is the source of

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Clouds and rain

Question 63

Landslides, moving water, wind, and glaciers cause _____ of surface materials.

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Erosion

Question 64

What percentage of all planetary matter in the solar system is in Jupiter’s mass?

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70%

Earth Science Final Quiz

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Earth Science Final Quiz

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