Earth science Rozycki 2025

Scientists who observe stars and galaxies in an effort to understand the universe

• star gazers

• space scientists

• galaxy technicians

• astronomers

A broad shaped volcano built from repeated non-explosive eruptions

• hot spot

• cinder cone volcano

• composite volcano

• shield volcano

Alfred Wegener's theory was the ____ theory and was supported by Fossils, Climate, and Land features.

• Sea Floor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Subduction zones

What kind of eclipse is created when the moon blocks the sun casting a shadow on the earth?

• Lunar

• Geo

• Solar

• Annual

A hypothesis that is supported by the results of repeated experimentation and observation.

• conclusion

• theory

• scientific law

• variable

What are the flat, black areas on the moon called?

• Highlands

• Maria

• Craters

• Rilles

The study of the earth's atmosphere.

• geology

• meteorology

• astronomy

• oceanography

What type of rock is made from pieces of other rocks, dissolved minerals, or plant and animal matter that collects to form rock layers?

• intrusive

• extrusive

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

What step in the water cycle occurs when a water turns into water vapor?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• run off

This type of plate boundary shows two plates moving away from each other. Which type of plate boundary is this?

• Subduction

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform