Science Quiz

What is the Water Cycle?

• The process by which water is heated by the sun and then cools to form clouds

• The continuous movement of water on, above, and below Earth's surface

• The cycle where water is used by plants and animals and then recycled

• The process of water turning into ice and then melting back into water

Where do most changes in the atmosphere take place?

• In the stratosphere

• In the mesosphere

• In the troposphere

• In the exosphere

What is the Rock Cycle?

• The process of rocks being broken down by weathering and erosion

• The series of process that transport and continually change rocks into different forms

• The cycle of rocks being used in construction and then eroding back into the soil

• The process of rocks changing color due to environmental factors

What is the process by which liquid, such as water, changes into a gas called?

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

What is the process in which plants release water vapor through leaves known as?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Respiration

What is the term for moisture that falls to Earth's surface?

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

What is an igneous rock?

• Rock formed from the solidification of molten magma

• Rock that has been transformed by heat and pressure

• Rock composed of sediment accumulation

• Rock that contains fossils

What causes wind?

• The rotation of the Earth

• The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure

• The heating of the Earth's surface by the sun

• The gravitational pull of the moon

Which two spheres are involved in cellular respiration?

• Biosphere and Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere and Lithosphere

• Atmosphere and Geosphere

• Biosphere and Hydrosphere

Weather and climate interactions occur between which spheres?

• Biosphere and Atmosphere

• Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere and Atmosphere

• Atmosphere and Geosphere