Earth - Quiz
A) Outer core B) Mantle C) Crust D) Inner core
A) Mars B) Jupiter C) Venus D) Saturn
A) 50% B) 85% C) 33% D) 71%
A) Stratosphere B) Thermosphere C) Troposphere D) Mesosphere
A) K2 B) Lhotse C) Mount Everest D) Makalu
A) Nitrogen B) Oxygen C) Carbon dioxide D) Argon
A) Fermentation B) Evaporation C) Photosynthesis D) Respiration
A) Pacific Ocean B) Indian Ocean C) Atlantic Ocean D) Southern Ocean
A) Alfred Wegener B) Charles Darwin C) Marie Curie D) Isaac Newton
A) Wind energy B) Fossil fuels C) Geothermal energy D) The Sun
A) Astronomy B) Ecology C) Meteorology D) Geology
A) Troposphere B) Mesosphere C) Thermosphere D) Stratosphere
A) Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth B) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars C) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune D) Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
A) 48 hours B) 36 hours C) 24 hours D) 12 hours
A) Arabian Desert B) Sahara Desert C) Gobi Desert D) Antarctica
A) Prime Meridian B) Tropic of Cancer C) Equator D) Tropic of Capricorn
A) Aurora borealis B) Rainbow refraction C) Greenhouse effect D) Rayleigh scattering
A) Silicon B) Aluminum C) Oxygen D) Carbon
A) Moon B) Titan C) Ganymede D) Europa
A) Paleozoic Era B) Mesozoic Era C) Precambrian Era D) Cenozoic Era
A) Gravity B) Centrifugal force C) Friction D) Magnetism
A) Gondwana B) Laurasia C) Rodinia D) Pannotia
A) The third B) The fourth C) The first D) The second
A) 29.2% B) 70.8% C) 85% D) 50%
A) Earth's distance from the Sun B) The rotation speed of Earth C) The Moon's gravitational pull D) The tilt of Earth's axis with respect to its orbital plane.
A) 100 °C (212 °F) B) 14.76 °C (58.57 °F) C) 0 °C (32 °F) D) -18 °C (0 °F)
A) It acts as a greenhouse gas, helping to maintain liquid surface water. B) It has no significant role. C) It blocks all solar radiation. D) It forms clouds that cover only polar regions.
A) 30 days B) 90 days C) About 365.25 days D) 730 days
A) 700,000 km B) 150 million km C) 384,400 km (238,855 mi) D) 50,000 km
A) It is perfectly spherical. B) It has a circumference of about 10,000 kilometers. C) It has a circumference of about 60,000 kilometers. D) It has a circumference of about 40,000 kilometers.
A) The Great Oxidation Event B) The Permian Extinction C) The Cambrian Explosion D) The Ice Age
A) For the last 100,000 years B) Since humans emerged C) Since the first billion years of Earth's history. D) For the last 500 million years
A) Humanity's unsustainable impact on Earth's climate and biosphere. B) Solar flares C) Natural volcanic activity D) The Moon's gravitational pull
A) In North America 100,000 years ago. B) 300,000 years ago in Africa. C) In Asia 500,000 years ago. D) In Europe 200,000 years ago.
A) To generate electricity B) To maintain Earth's orbit around the Sun C) To stabilize Earth's axis D) To deflect most of the destructive solar winds and cosmic radiation.
A) The Moon's gravitational pull B) Volcanic activity C) Earth's rotation speed D) Differences in captured solar energy between geographic regions.
A) The presence of only nitrogen B) It sustains surface conditions and protects from meteoroids and UV-light. C) Its stability over time D) Its lack of greenhouse gases
A) They prevent any geological activity. B) They stabilize Earth's rotation C) They have no significant role D) They produce mountain ranges, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
A) The absence of an atmosphere B) The greenhouse effect from gases like CO2 and water vapor. C) Volcanic activity D) Earth's proximity to the Sun
A) 15 light-minutes B) About 8 light-minutes (1 AU) C) 10 light-years D) 5 light-minutes
A) 2010 TK7 B) 2006 RH120 C) Vanguard 1 D) 469219 Kamoʻoalewa
A) Continental B) Arid C) Cold polar D) Humid tropics
A) Voyager 1 B) The International Space Station (ISS) C) Chandra X-ray Observatory D) Hubble Space Telescope
A) 1200 m (3,937 ft) B) 500 m (1,640 ft) C) 797 m (2,615 ft) D) 1000 m (3,280 ft)
A) Clockwise B) Northward C) Southward D) Counterclockwise
A) Nutation B) Length-of-day variation C) Precession D) Chandler wobble
A) Precession B) 14-month cycle C) Annual component D) Quasiperiodic motion
A) the phosphorus cycle B) the nitrogen cycle C) the inorganic carbon cycle D) the water cycle
A) The formation of the first continents B) The Late Heavy Bombardment C) The Cambrian Explosion D) The Great Oxygenation Event
A) Asthenosphere B) Outer core C) Crust D) Inner core
A) Plasma B) Solid C) Gas D) Liquid
A) Four B) Five C) Two D) Three
A) 20 ppm B) 50 ppm C) 100 ppm D) 10 ppm
A) Orbital precession B) Elliptical orbit C) Circular orbit D) Milankovitch cycles
A) Iron B) Magnesium C) Silicon D) Oxygen
A) 150 kPa B) 200 kPa C) 75 kPa D) 101.325 kPa
A) It decreases Earth's rotation speed B) It has no effect on Earth's rotation C) It increases Earth's rotation speed D) It stabilizes Earth's axis and causes tides.
A) Hydrogen B) Oxygen C) Nitrogen D) Carbon dioxide
A) Atmospheric boundary B) Gravitational field C) Hill sphere D) Gravity well
A) Proto-Germanic *erþō B) Greek Gaia C) Old English eorðe D) Latin Terra
A) Mohorovičić discontinuity B) Core-mantle boundary C) Lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary D) Outer core-inner core boundary
A) Much larger than the Sun B) Much smaller than the Sun C) Almost the same apparent-sized disk D) Half the size of the Sun
A) Gaia B) Gaea C) Tellus D) Terra
A) 70.000% B) 78.084% C) 75.000% D) 80.000%
A) Australia B) Antarctica C) Africa-Eurasia D) America
A) Gondwana B) Pannotia C) Laurasia D) Pangaea
A) *erþō B) *gē C) *terra D) *tellus
A) 6.0 Ga B) 4.54±0.04 Ga C) 5.0 Ga D) 3.8 Ga
A) The presence of a large atmosphere B) Its proximity to the Sun C) Its composition and size compared to other rocky planets. D) Its lack of moons
A) Early Middle English period B) Late Modern English period C) Old English period D) Classical Latin period
A) Exactly 24 hours B) The same length as the stellar day C) Slightly longer than the sidereal day D) Shorter by about 8.4 ms
A) Its proximity to other planets B) Its dynamic atmosphere and liquid water. C) The absence of an atmosphere D) Its lack of tectonic activity
A) Magnetosphere B) Ionosphere C) Atmosphere D) Exosphere
A) Gaia B) Terra C) Tellus D) Gaea
A) 50% B) 20% C) 30% D) 40%
A) Mount Everest B) Mariana Trench C) Kilimanjaro D) Chimborazo
A) Nutation B) Chandler wobble C) Milankovitch cycles D) Precession of the equinoxes
A) 40% B) 20% C) 30% D) 10%
A) Equinox B) Polar night C) Midnight sun D) Solstice
A) The Nazca Plate B) The South American Plate C) The Pacific Plate D) The Cocos Plate
A) One-third B) Half C) Around two-thirds D) Three-quarters
A) Quasiperiodic motion B) Precession C) Chandler wobble D) Nutation
A) Sedimentary B) Metamorphic C) Basaltic D) Granitic
A) The mesosphere B) The stratosphere C) The ozone layer D) The troposphere
A) Metamorphic rocks B) Basaltic rocks C) Igneous rocks D) Sedimentary rocks
A) The hydrosphere B) The lithosphere C) The asthenosphere D) The mesosphere
A) 75% B) 50% C) 25% D) 97.5%
A) Magnetic storm B) Aurora C) Solar flare D) Substorm
A) Nitrogen B) Carbon dioxide C) Argon D) Oxygen
A) Perihelion B) Equinox C) Aphelion D) Solstice
A) 50 mW/m2 B) 75 mW/m2 C) 87 mW/m2 D) 100 mW/m2
A) Mid-ocean ridges B) Subduction zones C) Transform faults D) Oceanic trenches
A) half of it B) a significant fraction C) none D) all of it
A) A flat disc B) A perfect sphere C) An irregular shape D) A rounded shape
A) Convergent boundaries B) Divergent boundaries C) Transform boundaries D) Subduction zones
A) Old Norse B) Greek C) Middle English D) Latin
A) Southern Hemisphere B) Both hemispheres equally C) Neither hemisphere D) Northern Hemisphere
A) 15.0° B) 30.0° C) 45.0° D) 23.439281°
A) The Antarctic Plate B) The South American Plate C) The Cocos Plate D) The Eurasian Plate
A) Precession B) Quasiperiodic motion C) Nutation D) Chandler wobble |
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