Unit 1 Pretest and
Introduction Assignment
Name ________________________________
Period 1 2 3 4
**Important**Do not use the textbook or any other resources to
look up the answers. The purpose of this assignment is for me
to learn what you already know about Earth science and what you need to learn.
This is not a graded assessment.
August 26, 2013
Grade _____________%
Score __________/36
Section 1: Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answer the
question. Write this letter in the blank in front of the question. Some questions may have multiple correct
answers.
_____ 1. Circle the letters of the topics studied in Earth science.
a. Earth’s atmosphere
b. Earth’s surface
c. Earth’s neighbors in space
d. Earth’s interior
_____ 2. Which of the following is not one of the main areas of Earth science?
a. Geology
c. Astrology
b. Oceanography
d. Astronomy
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_____ 3. What is the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate?
a. Oceanography
c. Meteorology
b. Geology
d. Astronomy
_____ 4.Earth’s 4 major systems (spheres) are the ___.
a. hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere
b. hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere
c. hydrosphere, asthenosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere
d. hydrosphere, geosphere, lithosphere, and asthenosphere
_____ 5. Which of Earth’s systems (spheres) includes the oceans, groundwater, lakes, and glaciers?
a. The atmosphere
c. The biosphere
b. The hydrosphere
d. The geosphere
_____ 6. What are the 3 main parts of the geosphere?
a. Atmosphere, crust, core
b. Crust, mantle, core
_____ 7. The life-forms of the biosphere are located in the ___.
a. geosphere only
b. hydrosphere and atmosphere only
c. Lithosphere, mantle, core
d. Asthenosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere
c. atmosphere, hydrosphere, and
geosphere
d. hydrosphere only
_____ 8. Circle the letter of each statement that is true about nonliving things that make up the environment.
a. Water and air are nonliving things that make up the environment.
b. Plants, animals, and microscopic organisms are nonliving things that make up the environment
c. Temperature, humidity, and sunlight are conditions that make up the environment.
d. Soil and rock are nonliving things that make up the environment.
_____9. The distance, measured in degrees, north and south of the Equator is referred to as ___.
a. longitude
c. the Prime Meridian
b. latitude
d. the Poles
_____ 10. How could 2 points 35o N of the Equator – 1 in North America and the other in China – be
distinguished using map coordinates?
a. By their elevation
c. By their longitude
b. By their map projection
d. By their latitude
_____ 11. On the global grid, the Prime Meridian is at ___.
a. 0o latitude
b. 90o latitude
c. 0o longitude
d. 90o longitude
_____ 12. On a topographic map, contour lines that form a circle indicate a(n) ___.
a. lake
b. ocean
c. hill
_____ 13. Differences in elevation are best shown using a ___.
a. Mercator projection map
b. gnomonic projection map
d. depression
c. Robinson projection map
d. topographic map
_____ 14.Any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole is a(n) ___.
a. system (sphere)
c. tectonic plate
b. energy source
d. Earth’s core
_____ 15. Earth is considered a system because all of it parts ___.
a. represent separate closed systems
c. were formed at the same time
b. interact
d. are powered by the same energy source
_____ 16. What are the 2 sources of energy for the Earth system?
a. Lightning and the Sun
b. The Sun and Earth’s interior
c. The Sun and wind
d. Earth’s interior and the winds
_____ 17. The Sun’s energy drives which of the following processes?
a. Volcanic eruptions
c. Weather and ocean circulation
b. Earthquakes
d. Mountain building
_____ 18. Which of the following is powered by energy from Earth’s interior?
a. Erosion
c. Weather
b. A volcano
d. Ocean circulation
_____ 19. Which of the following is an environmental hazard created by humans?
a. Air pollution
c. Hurricane
b. Flood
d. Earthquake
_____20. A
a.
b.
c.
d.
scientific hypothesis can become a theory if ___.
the entire scientific community accepts it
the hypothesis is tested extensively and competing hypotheses are eliminated
there are no other competing hypotheses
the hypothesis can be tested at least once
_____ 21. A preliminary untested explanation that tries to explain how or why things happen in the manner
observed is a scientific ___.
a. law
b. theory
c. fact
d. hypothesis
_____ 22. A scientific idea that is well tested and widely accepted by the scientific community is called a(n) ___.
a. hypothesis
b. inquiry
c. theory
d. method
Section 2: Matching Match each term to its description. Write this letter in the blank in front of the question.
Term
Description
_____ 1. Hydrosphere
a. all life-forms on Earth
_____ 2. Atmosphere
b. composed of the core, mantle, and crust
_____ 3. Geosphere
c. dense, heavy inner sphere of Earth
_____ 4. Biosphere
d. thin outside layer of Earth Surface
_____ 5. Core
e. the water portion of Earth
_____ 6. Mantle
f. the gaseous envelope around Earth
_____ 7. Crust
g. located between the crust and core of Earth
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _____ 1. Longitude
a. the distance north or south of the Equator
_____ 2. Globe
b. the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
_____ 3. Eastern, Western
c. the line of latitude around the middle of the globe at 0o
_____ 4. Prime Meridian
d. the line of longitude at 0o
_____ 5. Northern, Southern
e. the 2 hemispheres formed by the Equator
_____ 6. Latitude
f. the 2 hemispheres formed by the Prime Meridian and the 180o meridian
_____ 7. Equator
g. a spherical model of Earth