5 Written Questions

1. A solid homogeneous crystalline chemical element or compound that results from the inorganic processes of nature.
2. The sequence of conditions through which water passes from vapor in the atmosphere through precipitation upon land or water surfaces and ultimately back into the atmosphere as a result of evaporation and transpiration.
3. Periods of time in which there was a reversal in direction of the Earth's magnetic field.
4. The state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness.
5. An instrument for measuring and indicating the force or speed of the wind.

5 Matching Questions

1. mantle
2. tides
3. climate
4. crustal deformation
5. weathering

1. a The alternate rising and falling of the surface of the ocean and water bodies (such as gulfs and bays) connected with the ocean that occurs usually twice a day, and is caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon occurring unequally on different parts of the Earth.
2. b To subject to the action of the elements.
3. c The average course or condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of years as exhibited by temperature, wind velocity and precipitation.
4. d A change in the crust of a planet, moon or asteroid.
5. e The part of the interior of a terrestrial planet, especially the Earth, that lies beneath the lithosphere and above the central core.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. To fracture so as to produce a geologic fault.
   1. mantle
   2. galaxy
   3. faulting
   4. folding
2. A broad luminous irregular band of light that stretches completely around the celestial sphere and is caused by the light of myriads of faint stars.
   1. Milky Way
   2. magma
   3. mineral
   4. galaxy
3. One of a large number of celestial bodies of various size that appear as meteors when they enter Earth's atmosphere.
   1. Meteoroid
   2. weathering
   3. mineral
   4. weather
4. A long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean bed.
   1. ocean trench
   2. weather
   3. mantle
   4. weathering
5. To cause (a portion of Earth's surface) to rise above adjacent areas.
   1. galaxy
   2. eclipse
   3. uplift
   4. folding

5 True/False Questions

1. magma → Molten rock material within the Earth from which igneous rock results by cooling.

   True        False

2. folding → Causing rock strata to undergo bending or curvature.

   True        False

3. glaciation → The circulatory motion that occurs in a fluid at a non-uniform temperature owing to the variation of its density and the action of gravity.

   True        False

4. barometer → An instrument for measuring and indicating the force or speed of the wind.

   True        False

5. convection → To subject to glacial action in which a large body of ice moves slowly down a slope or valley, or spreads outward on a land surface.

   True        False