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EOC Practice 2nd Semester Concepts #1
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1) What is the correct order of earth's atmospheric layers from bottom to top?
A
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
B
Troposphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
C
Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Troposphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
D
Stratosphere, Troposphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Exosphere
2) In which layer do virtually all weather phenomena take place?
A
Troposphere
B
Thermosphere
C
Stratosphere
D
Mesosphere
3) What instrument is used to measure air pressure?
A
Thermometer
B
Radiosonde
C
Seismograph
D
Barometer
4) What is it called when water changes from gas to liquid?
A
freezing
B
melting
C
condensation
D
evaporation
5) What form of energy transfer allows the Sun to heat Earth?
A
convention
B
radiation
C
conduction
D
recycling
6) Within which layer of the atmosphere do you find rain, snow, and clouds?
A
thermosphere
B
mesosphere
C
troposphere
D
stratosphere
7) The atmosphere
A
keeps heat from escaping too quickly into space
B
allows heat to escape quickly in order to cool the planet
C
has no effect on heat gain or loss on a planet
D
creates the tides
8) Sleet and hail are types of
A
gases in the atmosphere
B
layers in the atmosphere
C
air pressure
D
precipitation
9) In the rock cycle how are igneous rocks created?
A
By landslides breaking off cliffs creating much smaller rocks
B
By rivers and lakes drying up and exposing rock beds to the sun and air
C
By sand and clay being crushed deep in the Earth’s crust and the pressure forcing them into rocks
D
By lava or magma hardening into rock
10) What is erosion in the rock cycle?
A
Providing more information
B
Moving of rocks and sand
C
Process of wearing away rocks
D
Changing something by carving
11) ______ is the process called of igneous rock changing to sedimentary rock then to magma rock and back to sedimentary rock continuously.
A
The Rock Cycle
B
The Stone Theory
C
Fermentation
D
Erosion
12) What are the three types of rocks in the rock cycle?
A
Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
B
Sedentary, igneous and metallic
C
Oceanic, igneous and sedimentary
D
Metamorphic, paleantic and oceanic
13) Wind and rain weather igneous rocks causing them to erode into sediment which becomes what kind of rock in the rock cycle?
A
Sedimentary rock
B
Volcanic rock
C
Metamorphic rock
D
Solid rock
14) When sedimentary rock is buried beneath the Earth’s surface it may become another rock in the rock cycle called_____?
A
Oceanic rock
B
Metallic rock
C
Metamorphic rock
D
Igneous rock
15) Sedimentary rock can be changed by heat and pressure into ___________ ___________.
A
Sedimentary rock
B
Rock cycle
C
Metamorphic rock
D
Igneous rock
16) Hot, melted rock, also known as lava, is called ___________
A
magma
B
Syrup
C
Glass
D
Volcano
17) Igneous rock can be broken down into fragments that may later form __________ __________?
A
Igneous rock
B
Sedimentary rock
C
Volcanic glass
D
Metamorphic rock
18) Heat and pressure is the process for which type of rock?
A
Igneous
B
Sedimentary
C
magma
D
Metamorphic
19) Which of the following is the correct definition of weathering?
A
none of the above
B
The removal of rocks
C
The movement of rock
D
The breakdown of rocks
20) Which of the following is the definition of erosion?
A
The process of disintegration of rock and soil
B
Neither A or B
C
The processes that involve the movement of soil and rock
D
Both A and B
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