9th Grade: Environmental Earth Science Test! Trivia Quiz
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A practice exam to help study for an Environmental Earth Science exam. Based on a 9th-grade level.
- 1.
- 2.The Scientific Method includes: Problem Hypothesis _______ Conclusion
- 3.What is true about the costal plain of North Carolina?
- A.
It is wide and relatively flat
- B.
It was once covered by sea
- C.
Neither a nor b
- D.
Both a and b
- 4.Which is not a land resource?
- A.
Soil
- B.
Land
- C.
Forests
- D.
Wind
- 5.After an igneous rock has formed, it can either
- A.
Be broken down into sediements
- B.
Turn into extrusive rock
- C.
Be heated and compacted into metamorphic rock
- D.
Both a and c
- E.
Both b and c
- 6.Metamorphic rocks are formed from _______ from the Earth's core and _______ from other rocks.
- 7.Sedimentary rocks are formed from ______ and _______.
- A.
Compaction and cementation
- B.
Cementation and fossilization
- C.
Erosion and weathering
- 8.These particles are involved in atom bonding.
- A.
Protons
- B.
Neutrons
- C.
Electrons
- D.
Isotopes
- 9.Examples of ________ resources include: Plants, water, wind, and sunlight.
- 10.Examples of ____________ resources include: Coal, oil, and natural gas.
- 11.What is biomass?
- A.
Plant material
- B.
Deep underground heat
- C.
The mass of any living thing
- 12.What is geothermal?
- A.
Plant material
- B.
Deep underground heat
- C.
The heat of the earth
- 13._______- the same processes that happen today happened millions of years ago.
- 14.
- 15.Put in order from longest to shortest. Eon, period, era, epoch
- A.
Eon, epoch, period, era
- B.
Eon, era, period, epoch
- C.
Era, epoch, period, eon
- D.
They are already in order
- 16.Put in order from oldest to youngest. Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambian
- A.
They are already in order
- B.
Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambian, Cenozoic
- C.
Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Precambian, Mesozoic
- D.
Precambian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
- 17._______- the material that is being cut through is older than the material that is cutting through it.
- 18.Which waves create the most surface damage?
- A.
Surface waves/land waves
- B.
P-waves
- C.
S-waves
- 19.Where do mid-ocean ridges occur? Choose the best answer.
- A.
Divergent plate boundaries
- B.
In the ocean
- C.
Convergent plate boundaries
- D.
Transform plate boundaries
- 20.The ______ is the actual point where the earthquake starts. The ______ is the point on the surface directly above the _______.
- 21.The name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago.
- A.
Pangaea
- B.
Earth
- C.
Titan
- 22.______- where the continental shelf boundaries to the ocean floor.
- 23.The flattest areas on the ocean floor are located at ______ ______.
- 24.
- 25.Isotherms show areas of equal.....
- A.
Pressure
- B.
Temperature
- C.
Humidity
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