Science Vocabulary Quiz: Test!
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- 1.The inside of the car was extremely hot after being parked in the sun for hours while my mother and I shopped at the mall. This type of heat transfer is an example of ____.
- A.
Conduction
- B.
Convection
- C.
Radiation
- 2.The direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another is touching.
- A.
Radiation
- B.
Conduction
- C.
Convection
- 3.The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of fluid.
- A.
Radiation
- B.
Conduction
- C.
Convection
- 4.The movement of a fluid caused by differences in temperature that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
- A.
Radiation
- B.
Conduction
- C.
Convection
- D.
Convection currents
- 5.Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
- A.
Pressure
- B.
Seismic waves
- 6.The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface.
- A.
Basalt
- B.
Granite
- C.
Crust
- 7.The force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted.
- A.
Pressure
- B.
Seismic waves
- 8.A usually light-colored igneous rock that is found in the continental crust.
- A.
Basalt
- B.
Gneiss
- C.
Granite
- 9.The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
- A.
Lithosphere
- B.
Mantle
- C.
Asthenosphere
- 10.A dark dense igneous rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust.
- A.
Granite
- B.
Slate
- C.
Shale
- D.
Basalt
- 11.A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
- A.
Asthenosphere
- B.
Lithosphere
- C.
Mantle
- D.
Core
- 12.A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.
- A.
Asthenosphere
- B.
Outer core
- C.
Inner core
- D.
Lithosphere
- 13.The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
- A.
Mantle
- B.
Asthenosphere
- C.
Core
- D.
Lithosphere
- 14.A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth.
- A.
Inner core
- B.
Outer core
- 15.What happens to the density of the hot rising material in the mantle?
- A.
The density increases.
- B.
The density decreases.
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