SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Earth Science
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
science
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 1. A mass of sand & gravel & or alluvium deposited on the bed of a stream & sea & or lake & or at the mouth of a stream 2. A unit of pressure & approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
bar
foreshock
drainage divide
fossil
2. A stone or boulder & glacially transported from place of origin and left in an area of different bedrock composition.
geology
erratic
pipe
continent
3. The area bordering a stream over which water spreads when the stream tops its channel banks.
El Nino
viscosity
floodplain
suspended load
4. A lake of lava & usually basaltic & in a volcanic caldera.
rainforest
compression fossil
lava lake
beach
5. The upper horizons in a soil & through which gravitational moisture travels & removing soluble decomposition products.
seismology
isthmus
shoreline
zone of leaching
6. Materials that are found in nature that are useful or necessary for people to live.
chemical sedimentary rock
natural resources
coast
compression fossil
7. The internal resistance to flow in a liquid.
viscosity
flood
continental slope
climate
8. A narrow & elongate region in which one lithospheric plate descends relative to another.
ice sheet
renewable resources
reef
subduction zone
9. The innermost zone of Earth. It consists of two parts & an outer liquid section and an inner solid section & both chiefly of iron and nickel with about 10 percent lighter elements. It is surrounded by the mantle.
core
dust devil
extrusive
magma
10. The reflection of light on a given mineral's surface & classified by intensity and quality.
shoreline
liquefaction
luster
bar
11. A continuous well-defined mass of material of sufficient ore content to make extraction economically feasible. compare mineral deposit.
wave length
sediment
convergent boundary
ore deposit
12. A community of plants and/or animals and its physical environment & regarded as a unit.
precipitation
nova -- (Supernova)
ecosystem
seastack
13. A detailed mathematical description of the cause-and-effect relationships between events that can be used to predict or explain other such events.
hot spot
magnetic pole
pathogen
scientific model
14. The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.
continental shelf
water table
storm surge
weathering
15. The concept of a sequence of events involving the formation & alteration & destruction and reformation of rocks as a result of geologic processes.
rock cycle
chalk
anemometer
trench
16. A measure of the size of an earthquake in terms of the damage it causes.
Richter scale
intensity
sinkhole
thermal spring
17. (Greek-Aphrodite)named after the Roman goddess of love. It is the planet closest in size to Earth and the second planted from the Sun.
fluctuate
epoch
Venus
aa
18. The amount of dissolved salt in water.
ozone depletion
landforms
steppe
salinity
19. The southern portion of the late Paleozoic supercontinent known as Pangea. It means & literally 'Land of the Gonds' (a people of the Indian subcontinent).The supercontinent existed from Cambrian to Jurassic time & mainly composed of South America &
Gondwana
cone of depression
bedrock
p- wave (primary wave & compressional wave)
20. The average weather conditions of an area over many years & as measured by temperature & wind speed & and precipitation.
desertification
crystal
climate
barrier beaches
21. Any accumulation of material & by settling from water or air & chemical precipitation & evaporation from solution & etc.
caldera
deposition
moon
black smoker
22. A process of erosion in which wind carries off particles of dust and sand.
peat
deflation
epoch
natural resources
23. Evidence in rock of the presence of past life & such as a dinosaur bone & an ancient clam shell & or the footprint of a long-extinct animal as well as life history artifacts.
fossil
shore
Cenozoic
magma
24. A flat & dry plain covered with short grass.
Cenozoic
steppe
orogeny
aquifer
25. Till deposited from main body of glacier during ablation.
core
hydrologic cycle
ground moraine
water clarity
26. Bent rock strata.
Pluto
plain
seismic gap
fold
27. An instrument used to measure the speed of wind.
crevasse
anemometer
calving
seismic gap
28. An area of land that delivers runoff water & sediment & and dissolved substances to surface water bodies & such as rivers or lakes. All watersheds consist of boundaries & a basin and collection areas.
delta
creep
swells
watershed
29. Uranus is named after the Roman god of the sky. It is the seventh planet from the Sun.
nova -- (Supernova)
calving
Uranus
lava
30. The amount of dissolved salt in water.
salinity
igneous rock
chlorophyll
outcrop
31. A large volume of dust-sized particles lifted high into the atmosphere.
meander
dust storm
erosion
hemisphere
32. A narrow strip of land that has water on either side and connects two larger bodies of water.
rain shadow deserts
star
intertidal zone
isthmus
33. Objects revolving around the sun that are too small and too numerous to be considered planets.
seismic sea wave (tsunami)
crust
asteroid
Cenozoic
34. Similar to a groin but built to keep sand out of a harbor entrance.
legend
superposition
jetty
Milky Way
35. A period of dryness & that when prolonged & causes damage to crops; a shortage of water.
salinization
zone of leaching
base
drought
36. Heat transport by direct transfer of energy from one particle to another & without moving the particle to a new location.
acid rain
deflation
conduction
observator
37. The closest star to Earth besides the sun. It is approximately 4 light years away.
convection
Proxima Centauri
ice shelf
fracture
38. Igneous. Antonym of intrusive. Synonym of volcanic. Pertaining to igneous rocks or features formed from lava released on the Earth's surface.
extrusive
caldera
ozone
swash and back wash
39. A plate boundary in which plates on opposite sides of the boundary move past each other in opposite directions. The San Andreas fault of California is a good example.
transform boundary
epicenter
mineral
nuee ardente
40. A guide to reading a map that typically contains distance scales & arrows indicating direction & and/or explanations of symbols used.
tell
compaction
legend
subtropical deserts
41. Saturn is named after the Roman god of the harvest. It is the sixth planet from the Sun.
casts
soil
Saturn
comet
42. A mudflow composed chiefly of pyroclastic material on the flanks of a volcano.
rockfall
lahar
seismic gap
oceanic crust
43. Banks of sand and silt along stream bank built by deposition in small increments during successive floods.
ground moraine
nova -- (Supernova)
deflation
levees
44. A period of dryness & that when prolonged & causes damage to crops; a shortage of water.
observator
deposition
tell
drought
45. The line separating land and water.
Sun
shoreline
reserves
Earth system
46. The green pigment in the cells of many plants that enables them to use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates in the process called photosynthesis.
chlorophyll
cleavage
zone of saturation
deposition
47. A waterway from open ocean into a lagoon.
fossil
baseline study
tidal inlet
extrusive
48. A seismic body wave that involves particle motion from side to side & perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. S-waves are slower than P-waves and cannot travel through a liquid.
s- wave (secondary wave & shear wave)
scour
terrestrial
continental crust
49. The very small particles of dirt & soot & and other pollutants that are present in the air.
groove
particulate air pollution
seismograph
silicate
50. Temporary accumulations of sediments that collect between low and high water marks.
nuee ardente
biogenic sedimentary rock
bar
beach