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