Chapter 1: Introduction To Earth Science
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Starting on a new chapter can be a little challenging and to help you ease into it I have prepared a set of quizzes that will help you review each chapter. The quiz below is one that is specifically set on chapter one f the introduction of earth science. Why don’t you give it a try and come back for the one on chapter 2?
- 1.If you explain or interpret something based on your experience, you are making a(n)
- A.
Inference
- B.
Prediction
- C.
Scientific law
- D.
Hypothesis
- 2.The type of Earth scientists who studies the universe beyond earth
- A.
Biologist
- B.
Astronomers
- C.
Environmental scientists
- D.
Oceanography
- 3.Scientific inquiry often begins with
- A.
Developing a hypothesis
- B.
Designing an experiment
- C.
Posing questions
- D.
Communicating
- 4.A perosn who is trained to use both technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems is a(n)
- A.
Environmental scientists
- B.
Meteorologists
- C.
Geologist
- D.
Engineer
- 5.From the Stone Age thousands of years ago to the _______ today, technology has had a large impact on society.
- A.
Ice Age
- B.
Iron Age
- C.
Information Age
- D.
Technological Age
- 6.Which of these are NOT skills Scientists use to understand the natural world?
- A.
Observing
- B.
Inferring
- C.
Eating
- D.
Predicting
- 7.Preparing for a lab should begin the _______ before you will perform the lab.
- A.
Hour
- B.
Day
- C.
Week
- D.
30 minutes
- 8.The goal of technology is to ____ the way people live?
- 9.Which of the following are eamples of technology?
- A.
A laptop computer
- B.
A bridge
- C.
A microscope
- D.
All the above
- 10.A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question is a
- A.
Observation
- B.
Controlled experiment
- C.
Variable
- D.
Prediction
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