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Test Description: Earth Science, Chapter 1 Quiz

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Which of Earth's shperes includes the oceans,groundwater, lakes, and glaciers?

Athe geosphere Bthe atmosphere Cthe biosphere Dthe hydropshere

2) What layer of Earth's geosphere is below the upper mantle?

Alower mantle Bcrust Cmantle Douter core

3) What are two sources of energy for the Earh system?

AEarth's interior and the wind Bthe sun and Earth's interior Clightning and the sun Dthe sun and wind

4) Resources that can be replenished over a relatively short time span are called

Arenewable resources Bnon renewable resources Cfossil fuesl Dmineral resources

5) Which of the following is NOT an example of a renewable resource?

Airon Blumber Ccotton Dchicken

6) Earth's four major spheres

Aastrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere Bbioshpere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and geosphere Cgeosphere, atmosphere, bioshpere, and ecosphere Datmosphere, geosphere, oceansphere, and bioshpere

7) Which two are map projections that are a flat representation of Earth that shows directions accurately, but distorts sizes and distances.

AMercator and Gnomic BRobinson and Conic CConic and Robinson DGnomic and Gnomic

8) A system is

Aa small group of interacting parts that forms a whole Bany size group of interacting parts that forms a whole Ca medium sized group of interacting parts that forms a whole Da large group of interacting parts that forms a whole

9) Earth's weather and ocean circulation are powered by energy from the

Aearth's interior Bsun CEl Nino and La Nina DOcean's currents

10) A resource that can be replenished in a relatively short time span

Amineral Bcontour Cnon renewable Drenewable

*select an answer for all questions

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