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Name_______________________________ Class __________________ Date __________________ Assessment Chapter Test A Answer Key MATCHING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. i e j h a 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. c d g f b MULTIPLE CHOICE 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. b d c b b 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. c b d b b © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Holt McDougal Environmental Science i The Dynamic Earth Name_______________________________ Class __________________ Date __________________ Assessment Chapter Test A The Dynamic Earth MATCHING In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description. _____ 1. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds a. earthquake _____ 2. a single, large, interconnected body of water that covers 70% of Earth’s surface b. tributaries _____ 3. tiny, liquid droplets found in the atmosphere c. ionosphere d. evaporation _____ 4. the flow of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when the objects are placed in direct physical contact e. world ocean _____ 5. vibration caused by slippage along a fault g. deep zone _____ 6. the lower thermosphere h. conduction _____ 7. the process in which liquid water is heated by the sun and then rises into the atmosphere as water vapor i. precipitation f. core j. aerosols _____ 8. bottom layer of ocean from base of thermocline to the bottom of the ocean _____ 9. Earth’s innermost compositional layer _____ 10. smaller streams or rivers that flow into larger ones MULTIPLE CHOICE Choose the one best response. Write the letter of that choice in the space provided. _____ 11. Which of the following includes all of the water on or near Earth’s surface? a. geosphere b. hydrosphere c. atmosphere d. lithosphere _____ 12. The deepest point on the ocean floor is in the a. Arctic Ocean. b. Indian Ocean. c. Atlantic Ocean. d. Pacific Ocean. © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Holt McDougal Environmental Science 1 The Dynamic Earth Name_______________________________ Class __________________ Date __________________ Chapter Test A continued _____ 13. Which of the following is not one of the physical layers of Earth? a. mantle c. asthenosphere b. core d. crust _____ 14. The energy released by an earthquake occurs in the form of a. volcanic eruptions. c. faults. b. seismic waves. d. magnitude. _____ 15. The melted rock that forms a volcano is called a. mantle. c. inner core. b. magma. d. convection. _____ 16. What are wind and water erosion not likely to affect? a. mountains c. tides b. rocks d. soil _____ 17. Where is most of the fresh water on Earth located? a. reservoirs and lakes c. oceans b. icecaps and glaciers d. streams and tributaries _____ 18. Which of the following is Earth’s densest atmospheric layer? a. mesosphere c. thermosphere b. stratosphere d. troposphere _____ 19. In equal volumes of ocean water and fresh water, ocean water may be expected to contain more a. pollutants. c. air. b. salts. d. None of the above _____ 20. Which of the following is not a mechanism of energy transfer through or within Earth’s atmosphere? a. radiation c. conduction b. condensation d. convection © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Holt McDougal Environmental Science 2 The Dynamic Earth