Q.1
What is a renewable resource?
  • A resource that can be replaced or recycled.
  • A resource that will not run out.
  • A resource that cannot be replaced at all, or cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.
  • None of these
Q.2
What is an inexhaustible resource?
  • A resource that can be replaced or recycled.
  • A resource that will not run out.
  • A resource that cannot be replaced at all, or cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.
  • None of these
Q.3
The Hawaiian Islands were formed from volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean. Was this a fast process or a slow process?
  • fast
  • slow
Q.4
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
  • Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
  • Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
  • Brown, Red, Gray
  • Streak, Hardness, Breakage
Q.5
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
  • Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
  • New crust is underwater where it sinks
  • New crust breaks more easily than old crust
Q.6
What option shows an example of a renewable and nonrenewable natural resources?
  • trees and solar energy
  • plants and oxygen
  • water and natural gas
Q.7
The movement of weathered rock and soil
  • erosion
  • rock cycle
  • mantle
  • weathering
Q.8
Soil made up of large grains
  • cast
  • sand
  • igneous rock
  • mold
Q.9
The biosphere and the geosphere interact by...
  • Trees roots cracking and breaking down rocks
  • Plants growing in soil
  • Volcano erupting and covering plants and animals
  • All of above
Q.10
We can help the Earth by...
  • planting trees.
  • recycling
  • using solar and wind energy and other renewable resources
  • All of above
Q.11
The outermost layer of the earth is about 3 tomiles thick. It is called the
  • mantle
  • crust
  • outer core
  • inner core
Q.12
Oldham found the earth's core when he saw that seismic waves from ___________ didn't go straight through the center of the earth.
  • tidal waves
  • earthquakes
  • mountains
  • ocean floors
Q.13
Rock that forms when sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.
  • Sedimentary Rock
  • Metamorphic Rock
  • Igneous Rock
  • None of these
Q.14
Which of these can rapidly affect Earth’s surface?
  • earthquakes
  • annual rainfall
  • sediment deposits
  • frozen precipitation
Q.15
Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called
  • Erosion
  • Deposition
  • Compaction
  • Weathering
Q.16
What is a non-renewable resource?
  • A resource that can be replaced or recycled.
  • A resource that will not run out.
  • A resource that cannot be replaced at all, or cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.
Q.17
In the erosion lab, what caused an increase in weathering, erosion, and deposition?
  • increased water supply
  • increased slope
  • both increased water supply and increased slope
  • neither - the weathering, erosion, and deposition stayed the same
Q.18
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formedMillion Years ago.
  • Pangea
  • Gondwanda
  • Laurasia
  • Neverland
Q.19
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
  • Pull apart
  • Come together
  • Slide past each other
  • subducting
Q.20
You are planning to buy a home along a river. You want to make sure that your home is safe from flooding and erosion. Which home should you buy?
  • A house on land that is level with the river with lots of pretty flowers.
  • A house on rocky, gently sloping land away from the river.
  • A house at the top of a steep cliff that is made of sandy soil.
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