Science Midterm

Question 0

Which kind of fossils an impression of an entire organism?

Answer 0

Mold fossil

Question 1

Which kind of fossils are the hard parts organism materialized?

Answer 1

Petrified Fossil

Question 2

In which kind of fossil is a mild fossil filled with minerals?

Answer 2

Cast Fossil

Question 3

Which kind of fossil is made by an imprint left behind by an organism?

Answer 3

Trace Fossil

Question 4

In which kind of fossil is the actual none or tissue of an organism preserved?

Answer 4

True Form Fossil

Question 5

Which geological era was dominated by mammals?

Answer 5

The Cenozoic Era

Question 6

What is the name of the giant landmass made of all current land masses?

Answer 6

Pangea

Question 7

Which era was dominated by mainly giant insects on the land and in the ocean and fish?

Answer 7

The Paleozoic era

Question 8

Which era was dominated by reptiles?

Answer 8

The Mesozoic Era

Question 9

What is another name for the visual record of the Earth’s history?

Answer 9

Geological Time Scale

Question 10

What is the name of the collection of dust and gas from which planets and stars come from?

Answer 10

Nebula

Question 11

What is the name given to the sudden increase of life at the beginning of the Paleozoic Era?

Answer 11

Cambrian Explosion

Question 12

What is another name for the rigid crust and upper most mantle?

Answer 12

Lithosphere

Question 13

In which process is rock worn down and moved by wind and water?

Answer 13

Weathering and Erosion

Question 14

What is another name for GeV steepness of a landform?

Answer 14

Relief

Question 15

What do we call the layers of gas around the Earth?

Answer 15

The Atmosphere

Question 16

What is another name for the heigh of a landform above sea level?

Answer 16

Elevation

Question 17

In which layer of the Earth is rock hot enough to flow?

Answer 17

Asthenosphere

Question 18

What is the innermost layer of the Earth?

Answer 18

The Core

Question 19

What is the process in which grains are squeezed together until they become rock?

Answer 19

Compaction

Question 20

What is another name for the shape of a geographical area?

Answer 20

Topography

Question 21

What is the name given to all of the Earth’s water?

Answer 21

Hydrosphere

Question 22

What makes up the largest portion of Earth’s history?

Answer 22

The Precambrian Time

Question 23

How were scientists able to determine that the core is solid with a liquid outer layer?

Answer 23

Seismic Waves

Question 24

How was our solar system formed?

Answer 24

In a nebula

Question 25

What is the formula for density?

Answer 25

Density= mass/volume

Question 26

Which landform has high elevation and low relief?

Answer 26

A plateau

Question 27

The core of the Earth is composed mostly of what?

Answer 27

Iron

Question 28

What type of landform has high elevation and high relief?

Answer 28

A mountain

Question 29

What is the atmosphere mostly contain?

Answer 29

Nitrogen

Question 30

Which were the fist vertebrates?

Answer 30

Fish

Question 31

Most Scientist believe that the Earth is how old?

Answer 31

4.6 billion years old

Question 32

Humans appeared during which era?

Answer 32

Cenozoic

Question 33

A bug trapped in Amber is an example of which kind of fossil?

Answer 33

True Form Fossil

Question 34

Dinosaurs existed in which era?

Answer 34

Mesozoic

Question 35

During which won was the Earth's surface molten?

Answer 35

Hadeon Eon

Question 36

What is the current geological era?

Answer 36

Cenozoic

Question 37

What is the name of the measured result of an experiment?

Answer 37

Dependent Variable

Question 38

What do we call a rule that describes a pattern of nature?

Answer 38

Scientific Law

Question 39

What do we call a factor that an experimenter changes in an experiment?

Answer 39

Independent Variable

Question 40

What do we call a unified principle that explains many observations and investigations?

Answer 40

Scientific Theory

Question 41

What Kind of Factors are kept the same throughout each trial of an experiment?

Answer 41

Constants

Question 42

What instrument is used to measure mass?

Answer 42

Balance

Question 43

What do we call the measurement of how much matter is in an object?

Answer 43

Mass

Question 44

What is the metric unit for mass?

Answer 44

Grams

Question 45

What do the metric unit for volume?

Answer 45

Liter

Question 46

What kind of instrument is used to measure volume?

Answer 46

Graduated Cylinder

Question 47

What is the metric unit for length?

Answer 47

Meters

Question 48

What do we call a disturbance in which energy is transferred, but the medium is not permanently moved?

Answer 48

A Wave

Question 49

What do we call the steady flow of water in one prevailing direction?

Answer 49

A Current

Question 50

What part of the ocean is exposed to air during low tide, but under water during high tide?

Answer 50

Intertidal Zone

Question 51

What do we call a place in which river water flows into the ocean, which is a protective home for young sea creatures?

Answer 51

Estuaries

Question 52

What do we call the ocean waters from the low tide mark to the continental shelf?

Answer 52

The Neritic Zone

Question 53

Which part of the ocean extends beyond the continental shelf?

Answer 53

Open Ocean Zone

Question 54

What is the location on the Earth's surface from which seismic waves radiate?

Answer 54

Epicenter

Question 55

What is the underground location where rocks first move long a fault line?

Answer 55

A focus