Landforms
Earth's Resources
Earth's Water
Describing and Measuring Weather
Earth Sun and Moon
100
Which landform is a very large body of salt water:
a.) Valley
b.) Ocean
c.) Mountain
d.) Lake
b.) Ocean
100
Which example is a natural resource?
a.) car
b.) bridge
c.) computer
d.) rock
d.) Rock
100
What percentage of water coverages most of the Earth's surface?
a.) 75%
b.) 25
c.) 50%
d.) 67%
a.) 75%
100
Which instrument do we use to measure the temperature?
a.) thermometer
b.) anemometer
c.) barometer
d.) windsock
a.) thermometer
100
What is the term called for Earth's imaginary line?
a.) line
b.) axis
c.) continent
d.) North and South pole
b.) axis
200
What type of landform are a valley with steep and deep walls?
a.) Canyon
b.) Lake
c.) Bay
d.) delta
a.) Canyon
200
Which term is the name for a natural resource that can be replaced?
a.) fuel
b.) nonrenewable resource
c.) renewable resource
d.) mineral
c.) renewable resource
200
Which example makes up most of Earth's saltwater?
a.) rivers
b.) lakes
c.) oceans
d.) glaciers
c.) oceans
200
Stratus clouds precipitate what kind of weather?
a.) hail and fog
b.) sunlight and warm weather
c.) rain and snow
d.) clouds and cold
c.) rain and snow
200
Trick question: DOUBLE POINTS
How many days does it take for the moon to travel all around the Earth?
a.) 50
b.) 22
c.)60
d.) 28
d.)28
300
Which term is the name for the features of Earth's surface?
a.) storms
b.) layers
c.) landforms
d.) communities
c.) landforms
300
Which example is the most common use for the mineral quartz?
a.) as a fuel
b.) to make glass
c.) to grow food
d.) to make furniture
b.) to make glass
300
What are the 3 stages of matter?
a.) gas
b.) solid
c.) liquid
d.) All of the above
d.) all of the above
300
Which tool shows wind direction?
a.) weather control
b.) thermometer
c.) barometer
d.) windsock
d.)windsock
300
What is the term for the different shapes the moon appears to have as seen from the moon?
a.) stages
b.) Phases
c.) faces
d.) pictures
b.) phases
400
Which statement best describes a plain?
a.) huge mass of slowly moving ice
b.) narrow and deep valley with steep walls
c.) land along an ocean
d.) wide, flat area of land
d.) wide, flat area of land
400
What are the 3 most important renewable resources?
a.) moon, water, paper
b.) earth, wind, fire
c.) water, sun, air (soil)
d.) ice, water, gases
c.) water, sun, air (soil)
400
Which of the following are not an example of Earth's water?
a.) saltwater
b.) tap water
c.) groundwater
d.) freshwater
b.) tap water
400
Which instrument would you use to measure air pressure?
a.) thermometer
b.) anemometer
c.) barometer
d.) windsock
c.) barometer
400
Which statement BEST describes how the sun and Earth are related?
a.) Earth revolves around the sun.
b.) The sun revolves around Earth.
c.) Earth rotes on its axis.
d.) The sun rotates on its axis
A.) the earth revolves around the sun.
500
Which study of science focuses on Earth and its features?
a.) biology
b.) geology
c.) moon
d.) science
b.) geology
500
What different kinds of materials do trees make?
a.) paper
b.) pencils
c.) wood
d.) all of the above
d.) all of the above
500
Which type of landform(s) is considered to be filled with freshwater?
a.) lake
b.) ocean
c.) rivers
d.) both a & c
d.) both a & c
500
What is the difference between cirrus clouds and cumulus clouds?
a.) Cirrus-white fluffy clouds
cumulus- snow and rain
b.) Stratus & rain clouds
c.) Cumulus- rain storms & tornadoes
d.)Cumulus- white fluffy clouds or cirrus (puffy and high to the sky)
d.) Cumulus white fluffy clouds and cirrus (puffy and high to the sky)
500
Which of the choices below is what the part of Earth facing the sun experiences as Earth rotates on its axis?
a.) winter
b.) nighttime,
c.) summer
d.) daytime
d.) daytime