Earth Science Trivia Questions
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This quiz covers easy, common areas of Earth Science that high school and college graduates should be able to answer
Questions and Answers
- 1.What is a giant crack in a rock called?
- A.
Rip Current
- B.
Elliptical Orbit
- C.
Optics
- D.
Fault
- 2.What are materials that come from the earth called?
- A.
Natural Resources
- B.
Universes
- C.
Neurons
- D.
Albinos
- 3.Which scientific term means "a small body of water"?
- A.
Extinct
- B.
Pond
- C.
Gasohol
- D.
Barometric Pressure
- 4.What is the study of plant life called?
- A.
Botany
- B.
Geography
- C.
Zoology
- D.
Metallurgy
- 5.A very fast white water cascade is also known as what?
- A.
Artificial Intelligence
- B.
Falls
- C.
Petri Dish
- D.
Bedrock
- 6.What is a huge river of ice called?
- A.
Light Waves
- B.
Cold Front
- C.
Ecosystem
- D.
Glacier
- 7.Rain, snow, hail, sleet, dew, and frost are all forms of what?
- A.
Amphibian
- B.
Backbone
- C.
Artificial Intelligence
- D.
Precipitation
- 8.What describes an extremely dry climate?
- A.
Condensation
- B.
Downdraft
- C.
Neuron
- D.
Arid
- 9.What is the formal name for climate studies?
- A.
Rover
- B.
Reactor
- C.
Vapor Trail
- D.
Climatology
- 10.If you are caught in a sudden heavy rainfall of a showery nature, you are caught in a what?
- A.
Horsepower
- B.
Blizzard
- C.
Precipitation
- D.
Cloudburst
- 11.Which of these is one of the three basic cloud forms?
- A.
Fauna
- B.
Meteor
- C.
Cumulus
- D.
Lactose
- 12.What do you call horizontal movement of water?
- A.
Current
- B.
Weather Vane
- C.
Tropical Storm
- D.
Meteorite
- 13.Which of these is a term for slowly falling precipitation?
- A.
Drizzle
- B.
Artesian Water
- C.
Sleet
- D.
Drops
- 14.A covering of ice crystals on the ground is known as what?
- A.
Frost
- B.
Seismograph
- C.
Element
- D.
Chromosomes
- 15.What is the height of the sea's surface generally called?
- A.
Cirriform
- B.
Elevation
- C.
Sea Level
- D.
Oil Shale
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