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Earth Science Prep Quiz
  • 1. What layer of the atmosphere does most weather occur in?
A) Thermosphere
B) Stratosphere
C) Troposphere
D) Mesosphere
  • 2. What is the most common gas in the atmosphere?
A) oxygen
B) Hydrogen
C) Nitrogen
D) carbon
  • 3. What is the middle of a hurricane called?
A) eye
B) circle
C) belly
D) center
  • 4. What contributes to the damaging of the atmosphere?
A) too many trees
B) rain
C) Burning gasoline and fossil fuels
D) A. Strong winds damage the atmosphere.
  • 5. Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust.
A) True
B) False
  • 6. Where do hurricanes form?
A) in the desert
B) in mountain ranges
C) in open fields
D) A. over warm ocean water
  • 7. What layer of the atmosphere do you find the ozone layer?
A) Troposphere
B) Thermosphere
C) Stratosphere
D) Mesosphere
  • 8. There are two parts to the core of the Earth Layers. What are they called?
A) Fasciani and Necroto
B) C. Core and exocore
C) B. Solid and liquid
D) A. Inner and outer
  • 9. What is a volcano?
A) A violent shaking of the Earth that occurs when two tectonic plates bump into each other.
B) An opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts to the surface.
C) A large storm with very high speed winds.
D) A large cloud that generates rain, hail, and lightning.
  • 10. The heavy waves of a hurricane are called this.
A) Tornadoes
B) Volcanoes
C) Storm Surge
D) Thunderstorms
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