Earth Science Midterm Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
The theory of plate tectonics helps scientists explain - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-how earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. | | | | |
Which type of map best shows differences in elevation? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-topographic
On a topographic map, the elevation of an area with contour lines that
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are very far apart is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-nearly flat
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A scientific hypothesis can become a theory if - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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the hypothesis is tested extensively and competing hypotheses are
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eliminated.
According to the nebular hypothesis, our solar system formed from a
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huge rotating cloud made mostly of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-helium and
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hydrogen
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What are the three main parts of the geosphere? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-crust, mantle, core | |
, Which of the following is an environmental hazard created by humans? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-air pollution
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Which of Earth's spheres includes the oceans, groundwater, lakes, and
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glaciers? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hydrosphere
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The area of Earth science that examines the physical and biological
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changes that have occurred in Earth's past is called - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-historical geology |
Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-plants |
We can say that Earth is a system because all of its parts - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-interact
If a mineral breaks along flat or even surfaces, it has - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-cleavage
chemical weathering - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-weathering takes place
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when the minerals in rocks change into new substances.
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With Correct Answers
The theory of plate tectonics helps scientists explain - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-how earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. | | | | |
Which type of map best shows differences in elevation? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-topographic
On a topographic map, the elevation of an area with contour lines that
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
are very far apart is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-nearly flat
| | | | | | | |
A scientific hypothesis can become a theory if - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | |
the hypothesis is tested extensively and competing hypotheses are
| | | | | | | | |
eliminated.
According to the nebular hypothesis, our solar system formed from a
| | | | | | | | | | |
huge rotating cloud made mostly of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-helium and
| | | | | | | | |
hydrogen
|
What are the three main parts of the geosphere? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-crust, mantle, core | |
, Which of the following is an environmental hazard created by humans? -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-air pollution
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Which of Earth's spheres includes the oceans, groundwater, lakes, and
| | | | | | | | | |
glaciers? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hydrosphere
| | |
The area of Earth science that examines the physical and biological
| | | | | | | | | | |
changes that have occurred in Earth's past is called - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-historical geology |
Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource? -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-plants |
We can say that Earth is a system because all of its parts - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-interact
If a mineral breaks along flat or even surfaces, it has - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-cleavage
chemical weathering - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-weathering takes place
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when the minerals in rocks change into new substances.
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