Earth Science Prep Quiz
  • 1. What layer of the atmosphere does most weather occur in?
A) Mesosphere
B) Thermosphere
C) Stratosphere
D) Troposphere
  • 2. What is the most common gas in the atmosphere?
A) oxygen
B) Hydrogen
C) carbon
D) Nitrogen
  • 3. What is the middle of a hurricane called?
A) belly
B) center
C) eye
D) circle
  • 4. What contributes to the damaging of the atmosphere?
A) too many trees
B) Burning gasoline and fossil fuels
C) A. Strong winds damage the atmosphere.
D) rain
  • 5. Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust.
A) True
B) False
  • 6. Where do hurricanes form?
A) A. over warm ocean water
B) in open fields
C) in mountain ranges
D) in the desert
  • 7. What layer of the atmosphere do you find the ozone layer?
A) Mesosphere
B) Troposphere
C) Thermosphere
D) Stratosphere
  • 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) An opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts to the surface.
B) A violent shaking of the Earth that occurs when two tectonic plates bump into each other.
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) Volcanoes
B) Storm Surge
C) Thunderstorms
D) Tornadoes
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