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Review for earth science test
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1
What kind of volcano has alternating layers of ash and lava?
Composite Volcano
Lava Plateau
Cinder-cone Volcano
Shield Volcano
2
What layer of the Earth would part B be in the picture?
Outer Core
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
3
What type of heat transfer is done by movement of a heated liquid
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
4
What type of plate boundary would cause frequent earthquakes?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent (continental-continental)
Convergent (Oceanic-Continental)
5
How much of the water on Earth is saltwater?
3%
2/3
50%
97%
6
What is the process of plants releasing water to the air through leaves?
Evaporation
Precipitation
Condensation
Transpiration
7
What explains the formation and movement of Earth's plates?
Theory of plate tectonics
Conduction
Subduction
Theory of superposition
8
What is the process of gas changing to a liquid?
Transpiration
Precipitation
Evaporation
Condensation
9
What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?
Convergent (continental-continental)
Transform
Divergent
Convergent (Oceanic-Continental)
10
How much of the Earth's freshwater is frozen?
1/3
2/3
97%
3%
11
What age of a rock is the age compared to another rock?
Relative age
Approximate age
Exact age
Absolute age
12
What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?
Convergent (continental-continental)
Divergent
Convergent (Oceanic-Continental)
Transform
13
Transfer of heat through empty space
Heat
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
14
What layer of the Earth is molten metal?
Outer Core
Asthenosphere
Inner Core
Lithosphere
15
What layer of the Earth would be part C in the picture?
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
Mantle
16
Which is not one of the 3 rock groups?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Intrusive
17
What is the study of conditions in the atmosphere?
Astronomy
Atmospherology
Geology
Meteorology
18
What kind of rock is formed when lava cools on the surface
Extrusive igneous rock
Intrusive igneous rock
Metamorphic rock
Sedimentary rock
19
What is made when a volcanic mountain collapses?
Caldera
Earthquake
Shield volcano
Mountain
20
What layer is the youngest?
D
E
B
A
21
What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?
Convergent (continental-continental)
Transform
Divergent
Convergent (Oceanic-Continental)
22
What is heat transferred by direct contact?
Convection
Radiation
Current
Conduction
23
What was the first life form to appear?
Cyanobacteria
Coral reef
Triceratops
A fern
24
What layer is the outer skin of the Earth?
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer core
25
What is the chemical formula for water?
H2O
H2O2
H3O
HO2
26
What is the study of the forces that shape the Earth?
Geology
Biology
Meteorology
Environmental science
27
Which is not an era from Precambrian time?
Cryozoic
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
28
What is responsible for the Earth's magnetic field?
Mantle
Inner core
Outer core
Crust
29
What is the amount of mass in a volume of substance?
Radiation
Density
Temperature
Convection
30
What kind of rock is formed from heat and pressure in the Earth?
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
