Subject: Introduction to Earth Sciences
Surprise Quiz
Date……………..
Name: …………….
1- How does the human body return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle? click all that
apply
A. Cellular respiration
B. Waste products
C. Photosynthesis
D. Formation of glucose
2- Which of the following are examples of human impact on the carbon cycle?
A. The increased production of methane gases from cattle farms
B. The burning of fossil fuels
C. The cutting down of trees for lumber
D. None of the above
3- Which of the following are considered nonrenewable?
A. Coal
B. Natural Gas
C. Wind Energy
D. Water
E. Oil
4- Choose which of the following best fits the analogy: Wind is to renewable, as
___________________ is to _____________________
A. Coal; Alternative
B. Natural Gas; Nonrenewable
C. Oil; Electricity
D. Oil Shale; Burning
5- Coal, Oil, Oil shales, and natural gas are all made of?
A. Oxygen Atoms
B. Hydrocarbons
C. Ozone
D. Hydrogen and Oxygen
6- Which of the following is NOT true about the formation of fossil fuels?
A. The formation of fossil fuels takes millions of years.
B. Heat and pressure allow organic matter to change and carbonize to form fossil fuels.
C. Coal, oil, and natural gas remain old, dead, organic matter buried and deposited in sedimentary
rock.
D. The formation of fossil fuels keeps up with the current rate of burning these fossil fuels.
7- What is the focus of an earthquake?
A. Based on amplitudes of the largest seismic waves.
B. The point on the Earth's surface is directly above the focus.
C. The place within the Earth where energy is released.
D. Transmitted through solids and liquids.
8- What is the focus of the epicenter?
A. The point on the Earth's surface is directly above the focus.
B. Vibrational energy waves travel outward in all directions from the focus. They can be measured
on a seismograph.
C. Data from 3 seismic stations are used to triangulate the location of the epicenter.
D. The place within the Earth where energy is released.
9- What is the fastest type of seismic wave?
A. Richter Scale
B. Secondary waves
C. Primary waves
D. 3 Seismic Stations
10- Where do most earthquakes occur?
A. Along Plate Boundaries
B. Oceanic divergent boundaries.
C. Landslides
D. Liquefaction
11- How many seismographs are required to determine the location of the epicenter of an
earthquake?
A. 3
B. 2
C. 4
D. 9
12- Which type of seismic wave is responsible for causing the most damage?
A. Surface Wave
B. Primary Wave
C. Secondary Wave
D. Seismic Wave
13- Subsoil, more clay is washed down.
A. "A (horizon)"
B. "B (horizon)"
C. "C (horizon)"
14- Examples of chemical weathering.
A. plants/animals (lichens)
B. Ice wedging
C. Acid rain
D. Exfoliation
E. Oxidation
F. Hydrolysis
G. Wetting and drying
H. Carbonic acid/carbonation
I.
Expansion/contraction
J.
Abrasion
15- The Theory of Plate Tectonics describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere (crust &
upper mantle).
A. True
B. False
16- Tectonic plates are found under the continental and oceanic crust.
A. True
B. False
17- Select the three compositional layers of Earth:
A. Crust
B. Core
C. Lithosphere
D. Asthenosphere
E. Mantle
F. Magnetosphere
18- Volcanoes and earthquakes are randomly distributed throughout the world.
A. True
B. False
19- What are fossils?
A. Preserved remains or traces of living things
B. Animals that recently died
C. One celled animal
D. Animals that died 400 years ago
E. Only dead people
20- A petrified fossil is
A. When minerals replace all or part of an organism
B. Solid copy of the shape of an organism
C. An extremely thin coating of carbon on rock