Earth Science: Introduction Quiz

Front 1

Active mountain belts are most likely to be found _______

Back 1

along the margins of continents

Front 2

The annual per capita consumption of metallic and non-metallic mineral resources in the United States is nearly ____ tons.

Back 2

11

Front 3

Roughly what percentage of the earth's surface is covered by oceans?

Back 3

71%

Front 4

The earth is approximately ___ billion years old?

Back 4

4.6

Front 5

The world reached the population of 1 billion in the year ____

Back 5

1800 A.D.

Front 6

By the year 2008 the world population is expected to reach nearly

Back 6

8 billion

Front 7

Mechanisms that enhance or drive change are known as ____.

Back 7

positive feedback mechanisms

Front 8

the continental shelf is located _____

Back 8

between the continental rise and the abyssal plains

Front 9

the composition of the core of Earth is thought to be

Back 9

solid iron-nickel alloy

Front 10

Which branch of sccience is generally divided into two broad divisions, physical and hsitorical

Back 10

geology

Front 11

The four sciences that comprise earth science are:

Back 11

geology, meteorology, astronomy, oceanography

Front 12

A ... is a well tested and widely accepted view that best explains certain scientific observations

Back 12

theory

Front 13

The four spheres of the earth are the

Back 13

geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere

Front 14

A group of interrelated, interacting, or interdependent parts that form a complex whole is knon as a _____

Back 14

system