TEST 2 QUESTION BANK SPRING 2022
1. Which of the following gases is not a part of the Earth's atmosphere?
A. Hydrogen
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. The earth doesn't contain any gasses - Correct Answer: Hydrogen
2. What percent of the Earth's atmospheric chemical composition is Nitrogen?
A. 12%
B. 60%
C. 78%
D. 35% - Correct answer: 78%
3. True/False: These are the five layers of the earth:
Inner core, outer core, lower mantle, upper mantle, crust - Correct Answer: True
4. What causes the Earth to have a magnetic field?
A. The tech tonic plates shift
B. Because the electric currents in the interior produce it
C. Newtons 3rd Law
D. The ions in the atmosphere - Answer: B. Because the electric currents in the
interior produce it
5. What is the radius of the Earth ?
a. 3300 km
b. 6400 km
c. 1700 km
d. 5500km - correct answer : b. 6400 km
6. How thick is the Earth's crust?
A. 1-200 km
B. 5-50 km
C. 300-450 km
D. 465-495 km
E. None of the above the Earth doesn't have a crust - Answer: B 5-50 km
7. True or False: Earth's geographic North pole is not the same as its magnetic north
pole
A. True
B. False - Correct answer: A True
8. Which is the densest planet in the Solar System?
a. Jupiter
b. Mercury
c. Neptune
d. Earth - Correct answer: D: Earth
9. What is Earth's outermost layer?
,A. The Hydrosphere
B. The Atmosphere
C. The Crust
D. The Magnetosphere
E. The Mantle - Correct Answer: D - The Magnetosphere
10. What is happening to the Atlantic Ocean due to the tectonic plates and drift?
A. Tides and waves are being formed
B. The ocean is getting smaller by 2 cm every year
C. Tsunamis and hurricanes form
D. The ocean is expanding at a rate of 2 cm per year - Correct Answer: D The ocean
is expanding at a rate of 2 cm per year
11. What type of volcano formed and resides in Hawaii?
A. Shield volcano
B. Volatile volcano
C. Mariana volcano
D. Fault line volcano - Correct Answer: A Shield volcano
13. What are the atmospheric layers of the Earth from closest to the surface to
farthest away?
A. Stratosphere Troposphere Thermosphere Mesosphere and Exosphere
B. Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere and Exosphere
C. Troposphere Mesosphere Thermosphere Exosphere and Stratosphere
D. Stratosphere Exosphere Troposphere Thermosphere and Exosphere
E. Exosphere Thermosphere Mesosphere Stratosphere and Troposphere - Correct
Answer: B trop strat mes therm exo
12. According to scientists how old is the Earth?
A) 100 years old
B) 10 billion years old
C) 4.5 billion years old
D) 13 million years old - c. 4.5 billion years old
14. What is earth's average density?
A. 4000kg/m3
B. 5500kg/m3
C. 5000kg/m3
D. 7500kg/m3 - Correct Answer: B 5500 kg/m3
15. The two circular zones of high energy particles contained within Earth's
magnetosphere are known as:
A. Magnetic spheres
B. Ecliptic zones
C. Van Allen Belts
D. Aurora - Correct answer: C van allen belts
16. How big (approximately) is Earth's radius?
A. 4000 miles
B. 16,000 miles
, C. 6,000 miles
D. 14,000 miles, - Correct Answer: A 4000 miles
17. Which gas is most abundant in Earth's atmosphere?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Nitrogen
C. Oxygen
D. Argon - Correct Answer: B. Nitrogen
18. What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water?
A. 83%
B. 59%
C. 71%
D. 66% - Correct answer: C 71%
19. What is the major geological activity that takes place on Earth due to plate
tectonics?
A. Earthquakes
B. Tornados
C. Tsunamis
D. Hurricanes - Correct answer: A earthquakes
20. Which region of the Earth's core produces the surrounding magnetic field?
A. Solid inner core
B. Liquid outer core
C. Neither
D. Both - Correct answer: B liquid outer core
21. What gas is scarce in Earth's atmosphere but abundant in the atmospheres of
Venus and Mars?
A. Helium
B. Oxygen
C. Carbon Dioxide
D. Nitrogen, - Answer: C Carbon Dioxide
22. What is the term that describes the earth having multiple layers of material?
A. Diffraction
B. Interior changing
C. Differentiation
D. Core densities
E. Direction - Correct Answer: C differentiation
23. Which planet in our solar system is the most dense?
A. Uranus
B. Jupiter
C. Mars
D. Earth - Correct answer = D (Earth)
24. What happens to the density as you go towards the center of the earth?
A. the deeper you go the denser it gets
1. Which of the following gases is not a part of the Earth's atmosphere?
A. Hydrogen
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. The earth doesn't contain any gasses - Correct Answer: Hydrogen
2. What percent of the Earth's atmospheric chemical composition is Nitrogen?
A. 12%
B. 60%
C. 78%
D. 35% - Correct answer: 78%
3. True/False: These are the five layers of the earth:
Inner core, outer core, lower mantle, upper mantle, crust - Correct Answer: True
4. What causes the Earth to have a magnetic field?
A. The tech tonic plates shift
B. Because the electric currents in the interior produce it
C. Newtons 3rd Law
D. The ions in the atmosphere - Answer: B. Because the electric currents in the
interior produce it
5. What is the radius of the Earth ?
a. 3300 km
b. 6400 km
c. 1700 km
d. 5500km - correct answer : b. 6400 km
6. How thick is the Earth's crust?
A. 1-200 km
B. 5-50 km
C. 300-450 km
D. 465-495 km
E. None of the above the Earth doesn't have a crust - Answer: B 5-50 km
7. True or False: Earth's geographic North pole is not the same as its magnetic north
pole
A. True
B. False - Correct answer: A True
8. Which is the densest planet in the Solar System?
a. Jupiter
b. Mercury
c. Neptune
d. Earth - Correct answer: D: Earth
9. What is Earth's outermost layer?
,A. The Hydrosphere
B. The Atmosphere
C. The Crust
D. The Magnetosphere
E. The Mantle - Correct Answer: D - The Magnetosphere
10. What is happening to the Atlantic Ocean due to the tectonic plates and drift?
A. Tides and waves are being formed
B. The ocean is getting smaller by 2 cm every year
C. Tsunamis and hurricanes form
D. The ocean is expanding at a rate of 2 cm per year - Correct Answer: D The ocean
is expanding at a rate of 2 cm per year
11. What type of volcano formed and resides in Hawaii?
A. Shield volcano
B. Volatile volcano
C. Mariana volcano
D. Fault line volcano - Correct Answer: A Shield volcano
13. What are the atmospheric layers of the Earth from closest to the surface to
farthest away?
A. Stratosphere Troposphere Thermosphere Mesosphere and Exosphere
B. Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere and Exosphere
C. Troposphere Mesosphere Thermosphere Exosphere and Stratosphere
D. Stratosphere Exosphere Troposphere Thermosphere and Exosphere
E. Exosphere Thermosphere Mesosphere Stratosphere and Troposphere - Correct
Answer: B trop strat mes therm exo
12. According to scientists how old is the Earth?
A) 100 years old
B) 10 billion years old
C) 4.5 billion years old
D) 13 million years old - c. 4.5 billion years old
14. What is earth's average density?
A. 4000kg/m3
B. 5500kg/m3
C. 5000kg/m3
D. 7500kg/m3 - Correct Answer: B 5500 kg/m3
15. The two circular zones of high energy particles contained within Earth's
magnetosphere are known as:
A. Magnetic spheres
B. Ecliptic zones
C. Van Allen Belts
D. Aurora - Correct answer: C van allen belts
16. How big (approximately) is Earth's radius?
A. 4000 miles
B. 16,000 miles
, C. 6,000 miles
D. 14,000 miles, - Correct Answer: A 4000 miles
17. Which gas is most abundant in Earth's atmosphere?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Nitrogen
C. Oxygen
D. Argon - Correct Answer: B. Nitrogen
18. What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water?
A. 83%
B. 59%
C. 71%
D. 66% - Correct answer: C 71%
19. What is the major geological activity that takes place on Earth due to plate
tectonics?
A. Earthquakes
B. Tornados
C. Tsunamis
D. Hurricanes - Correct answer: A earthquakes
20. Which region of the Earth's core produces the surrounding magnetic field?
A. Solid inner core
B. Liquid outer core
C. Neither
D. Both - Correct answer: B liquid outer core
21. What gas is scarce in Earth's atmosphere but abundant in the atmospheres of
Venus and Mars?
A. Helium
B. Oxygen
C. Carbon Dioxide
D. Nitrogen, - Answer: C Carbon Dioxide
22. What is the term that describes the earth having multiple layers of material?
A. Diffraction
B. Interior changing
C. Differentiation
D. Core densities
E. Direction - Correct Answer: C differentiation
23. Which planet in our solar system is the most dense?
A. Uranus
B. Jupiter
C. Mars
D. Earth - Correct answer = D (Earth)
24. What happens to the density as you go towards the center of the earth?
A. the deeper you go the denser it gets
