Earth Science

Question 1

What weather instrument measures wind speed?

Accepted Answer

anemometer

Question 2

What is the property of luster?

Accepted Answer

shine

Question 3

What is the surface of the earth called?

Accepted Answer

the crust

Question 4

What rocks are formed from volcanic eruptions?

Accepted Answer

Igneous

Question 5

What part of the water cycle has clouds that are also known as water vapor?

Accepted Answer

condensation

Question 6

How much light will pass through an opaque object?

Accepted Answer

none

Question 7

What weather instrument measures air pressure?

Accepted Answer

barometer

Question 8

What is the best definition of erosion?

Accepted Answer

when a part of the Earth gets worn away

Question 9

How long does it take the Earth to make one revolution around the Sun?

Accepted Answer

one year

Question 10

What causes a volcanic eruption?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 11

How long does it take the Earth to make one rotation?

Accepted Answer

about 24 hours

Question 12

What part of the water cycle does water change from a liquid to a gas?

Accepted Answer

evaporation

Question 13

What causes the plates to move?

Accepted Answer

heat and pressure

Question 14

How much light will pass through a transparent object?

Accepted Answer

all light

Question 15

What causes an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

moving plates

Question 16

What movement of the Earth causes night and day?

Accepted Answer

rotation

Question 17

What causes erosion?

Accepted Answer

wind, water,ice, Sun

Question 18

What are the planets' trips around the Sun called?

Accepted Answer

revolution

Question 19

What is the center of the earth called?

Accepted Answer

the core

Question 20

What part of the earth surrounds the core?

Accepted Answer

the mantle

Question 21

What causes our four different seasons of weather ?

Accepted Answer

Earth's tilt on its axis

Question 22

What weather instrument measures air temperature?

Accepted Answer

thermometer

Question 23

What weather instrument measures the amount of precipitation?

Accepted Answer

rain gauge

Question 24

What type of rocks are formed in layers containing fossils,clay, shells and mud.

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Question 25

What type of rocks are formed by heat and pressure?

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

Question 26

What makes all the water in the water cycle move around?

Accepted Answer

Sun

Question 27

What part of the water cycle produces rain, sleet, hail, dew and snow?

Accepted Answer

precipatation

Question 28

What does transparency measure?

Accepted Answer

how much light passes through

Question 29

How much light will pass through a translucent object?

Accepted Answer

some

Question 30

What are the three rock groups found on the earth?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Earth Science

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Earth Science

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