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Earth Science & Geology Quiz
Earth Science & Geology · Exam Mode
20 questions · 30 min timer · Results at the end
Earth's landscapes are constantly changing, shaped by powerful natural forces over millions of years. Earth science and geology help us understand how mountains rise, rivers carve...
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All 20 questions in this Earth Science & Geology quiz
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What is the name of the measurement used to express how acidic or basic ocean water is?
- A. Salinity
- B. pH
- C. Turbidity
- D. Alkalinity
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What is the name of the mass of ice and snow that moves slowly under its own weight?
- A. Glacier
- B. Permafrost
- C. Ice cap
- D. Snowfield
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What term describes the process by which water becomes vapour and rises into the atmosphere from plants?
- A. Transpiration
- B. Precipitation
- C. Evaporation
- D. Condensation
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What is the name of the dark material formed from partially decomposed organic matter in soil?
- A. Loam
- B. Silt
- C. Clay
- D. Humus
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What is the name of the transition zone between fresh water in rivers and salt water in the sea?
- A. Estuary
- B. Lagoon
- C. Halocline
- D. Thermocline
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What is the name of Earth's protective magnetic field that deflects solar wind?
- A. Magnetosphere
- B. Aurora zone
- C. Van Allen Belts
- D. Ionosphere
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What is the name of the geological time unit that encompasses the formation of Earth to the first complex life approximately 541 million years ago?
- A. Archean
- B. Precambrian
- C. Hadean
- D. Paleozoic
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What is the name of the layer of rock just below the soil in which plant roots grow?
- A. Parent material
- B. Bedrock
- C. Subsoil
- D. Regolith
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What is the name of the supercontinent that existed before the current continents formed?
- A. Pangaea
- B. Laurasia
- C. Gondwana
- D. Rodinia
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Which gas is most abundant in Earth's atmosphere?
- A. Carbon Dioxide
- B. Nitrogen
- C. Hydrogen
- D. Oxygen
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What is the name of the oldest rocks ever found on Earth?
- A. Isua greenstone belt
- B. Acasta Gneiss
- C. Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt
- D. Jack Hills zircons
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What type of boundary exists where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other?
- A. Convergent boundary
- B. Transform fault boundary
- C. Divergent boundary
- D. Subduction zone
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What is the name of the circular atmospheric storm system that rotates counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere?
- A. High pressure system
- B. Cold front
- C. Cyclone
- D. Anticyclone
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What is the name of the phenomenon where cold deep water rises to the ocean surface?
- A. Thermohaline circulation
- B. Upwelling
- C. Downwelling
- D. Overturning
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What is the name of the wind pattern that reverses direction seasonally and brings heavy rainfall to South Asia?
- A. Polar vortex
- B. Westerlies
- C. Trade winds
- D. Monsoon
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What is the name of the slow movement of soil down a slope caused by gravity?
- A. Rockfall
- B. Creep
- C. Solifluction
- D. Slumping
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What is the name of the process by which dissolved salts are left behind when water evaporates causing soil degradation?
- A. Leaching
- B. Salinisation
- C. Waterlogging
- D. Acidification
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What is the name of the most common mineral on Earth's surface?
- A. Calcite
- B. Mica
- C. Feldspar
- D. Quartz
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What is the name of the circular depressions on Earth's surface caused by meteorite impacts?
- A. Impact craters
- B. Calderas
- C. Sinkholes
- D. Maars
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What is the name of the phenomenon where Earth's magnetic poles reverse their direction?
- A. Geomagnetic reversal
- B. Polar wandering
- C. Geomagnetic storm
- D. Magnetic anomaly