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