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Grade 7 Environmental Science

How is an erupting volcano most likely to effect the carbon cycle?

1. Carbon will be released into the atmosphere
2. Carbon will be absorbed by the soil
3. Carbon will be stored through photosynthesis
4. Carbon will be released through respiration

Grade 4 Energy and Momentum

Does the picture best show an example of kinetic energy or potential energy?

The wind turbines turn in the wind.

1. kinetic energy
2. potential energy

Grade 6 Tectonics

Earth's crust is broken into large sections called tectonic plates. The map shows Earth's major tectonic plates. Which type of scientist studies the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?

1. geologist
2. astronomer
3. meteorologist
4. oceanographer

Grade 6 Atmosphere

A cold front occurs when a fast moving cold air mass pushes a slower moving warm air mass upward. Storms can form along the leading edge of a cold front.

Does the passage about cold fronts describe weather or climate?

1. weather
2. climate

Grade 5 Environmental Science

Which two Earth systems best complete the sentence?

Wind turbines are machines that change wind energy in the                         into electrical energy for use in the                        .

1. biosphere; atmosphere
2. atmosphere; biosphere
3. biosphere; hydrosphere
4. atmosphere; hydrosphere

Grade 8 Earth's Layers

Use the diagram of Earth's layers to select the best answer.



Layer                 is solid because of the extreme                .

1. A; temperature
2. B; pressure
3. C; temperature
4. D; pressure

Grade 8 Atmosphere

What is the name of the atmospheric layer labeled B?

1. mesosphere
2. troposphere
3. stratosphere
4. thermosphere

Grade 4 Environmental Science

An electric car is a natural resource.

1. True
2. False

Grade 6 Atmosphere

What kind of front is shown? A warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses.

1. Cold Front
2. Occluded
3. Warm Front
4. Stationary Front

Grade 6 Earth's Layers

Which letter represents Earth's outer core?

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

Grade 8 Tectonics

In diagram shown, what does the letter G best represent?

1. oceanic crust
2. continental crust
3. mantle conduction
4. mantle convection

Grade 6 Rocks

Which best classifies the rock shown?

1. igneous
2. sedimentary
3. metamorphic

Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology

Point C on the diagram best depicts which of these geologic processes?

1. erosion
2. lithification
3. subduction
4. metamorphism

Grade 8 Historical Geology

Which is most likely the oldest rock layer in the geologic cross-section shown?

1. A
2. M
3. H
4. L

Grade 6 Rocks

Which title best describes the diagram?

1. Geologic Time
2. The Rock Cycle
3. Rocks and Minerals
4. Earth's Spheres

Grade 9 Historical Geology

About 200 million years ago, Earth looked like this. A single supercontinent was starting to separate into the continents we know today. what was the name of this one gigantic continent?

1. Pangaea
2. Panthalassa
3. Panamerica
4. Panlandia

Grade 6 Earth's Layers

Earth is made up of layers. What type of scientist studies the make up of the different layers of Earth?

1. geologist
2. astronomer
3. meteorologist
4. oceanographer

Grade 9 Earth's Layers

What is the name of the area where seafloor plate H is moving under continental plate E?

1. Divergent boundary
2. Subduction Zone
3. Mid-Ocean Ridge
4. Rift Valley

Grade 8 Historical Geology

The image shown could best be used for which purpose?

1. relative dating
2. absolute dating
3. radiometric dating
4. paleomagnetic dating

Grade 9 Atmosphere

Which symbol would be used to represent this front on a weather map?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4.