Earth Quiz - 53 Trivia Questions!

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Which 19th century physicist estimated the age of the Earth to be between 20 million and 400 million years?

Charles Darwin
Lord Kelvin
Albert Einstein
Newton

In which month does the Summer Solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere?

December
June and July
July
June

What covers the surface of the Earth's polar regions?

Sea ice
The ocean
Land
The equator

Which volcano in Ecuador is the farthest point from the centre of the Earth's surface?

Volcanoes National Park
Aconcagua
Volcano Guayas
Chimborazo

In which continent did the first humans live?

The Americas
Asia
Europe
Africa

Where is the main part of the Earth's magnetic field generated?

The outer core
The core
The outer atmosphere
The atmosphere

What was the name of the planet that collided with the Earth and formed the moon?

Theia
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter

Which isotope of Potassium is the major heat-producing element in the Earth's mantle?

Potassium-90
Potassium-137
Potassium-2H
Potassium-40

What flows from the interior of the Earth to the surface?

Carbon dioxide
Air
Water
Heat

What shape was the Earth believed to be in ancient Greece?

Round
Radial
Spherical
Flat

What is the third planet from the sun?

Jupiter
Earth
Mars
Venus

How long does it take the Earth to orbit the moon?

24 hours
3.5 days
3.5 hours
1 month

What will the Sun become when it expands to 250 times its present radius?

White dwarf
Red giant
Several times larger
Red giant-type

What is the name of the largest moon in our solar system?

Charon
Pluto
Neptune

In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of the Earth?

Apollo
Pluto
Gaia
Aegean

What is the name of the disk in our solar system out of which the Earth and other planets were formed?

Planetary system
Protoplanetary disk
Solar system
Radial Forces

What are formed by the accumulation of snow and ice in the coldest regions of the world?

Glaciers
The arctic circle
Mountains
Oceans

What is the name for the shape of the Earth's surface?

Weather
Landforms
Oceans
Topography

What shape is the Earth due to its rotation?

Ellipsoid
Spherical
Sphere
Singular

Which gas escapes from the Earth's atmosphere more quickly than any other?

Nitrogen
Hydrogen
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen

Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere is visible at the horizon?

Midosphere
Hydrosphere
Troposphere
Clouds

What is the largest satellite in orbit around the Earth?

The Russian ISS
International Space Station
The International Space Station
Spaceship Two

What name is given to the layer of the Earth's mantle beneath the lithosphere?

Inner core
Asthenosphere
The inner core
Solar System

The main apparent motion of celestial bodies in the Earth's sky is to which direction?

West
South
East
North

What is the most common name for the water that covers most of the Earth's surface?

Oceans
The Atlantic
The arctic circle
Ocean

What is the name of the process by which the Earth's surface is continually shaped by earthquakes and volcanoes?

Plate tectonic
Global warming
Oceanic plate
Sedimentation

What is the name of the process by which the Earth's crust forms?

Global warming
Sedimentation
Subduction
Plate tectonics

What name is given to the winds that blow in the equatorial region below 30 degrees latitude?

Tropical winds
The tropics
Trade winds
Pacific winds

What is the acceleration that is imparted to objects due to the distribution of mass within the Earth?

Air pressure
Kinematics
Air resistance
Gravity

What is the main type of rock found in the Earth's crust?

igneous
Mineral
Basaltic
Volcanic

What dominates the surface of the Earth?

Oceans
The atmosphere
Land
Cloud cover

What flows through the Earth's magnetosphere?

Solar wind
Winds from the Sun
Water
Solar power

What is the name for the Earth's magnetic field in space?

The atmosphere
The outer core
The solar system
The magnetosphere

What is the upper layer of the Earth's atmosphere?

Ocean
Oceans
Stratosphere
Atmospheric Pressure

What is produced by the Earth's biosphere?

Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Water
Nitrogen

What colour is the phytoplankton at the surface of the ocean?

Black
Red
White
Yellow

What does the Earth provide for living organisms?

Sunlight
Water and wind
Food
Water

Which hemisphere of the Earth has topography relative to the earth's centre, instead of mean sea level?

Eastern hemisphere
Western hemisphere
Southern hemisphere
Northern hemisphere

In which direction does the Earth orbit the Sun?

Clockwise
In the same direction
In the opposite direction
Inward

What colour is the surface of the Earth?

Green
Red
White
Blue

What name is given to the precipitation of water vapor in the atmosphere?

Rainfall
Weather
Clouds
Precipitation

What is the main greenhouse gas in the Earth's atmosphere?

Carbon dioxide + carbon dioxide
Nitrogen
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen

What is the world's leading intergovernmental organisation?

United Nations
The European Union
International Monetary Fund
The World Bank

What is the name of the layer in the Earth's atmosphere that blocks ultraviolet radiation?

Radiation
Solar system
Atmospheric layer
Ozone layer

What is the opposite of perihelion?

The equator
The sun
a lunar eclipse
Aphelion

What is the name of the Aurora Borealis caused by a magnetic storm in the Earth's magnetosphere?

Polar Night
A solar storm
Solar storm
Aurora

What is the most abundant biome on Earth?

Forests
Oceans
Deserts
Rainforests

What is the name for the layer of the Earth's interior between the crust and the lithosphere?

The core
Mantle-Ocean Ridge
outer core
Mantle

What is the only celestial body where humans have lived beyond the Earth's surface?

Mars
Jupiter
The Moon
The asteroid belt

Which US city has a temperate climate?

Los Angeles
San Francisco
Detroit
Chicago

What is the main constituent of the Earth's atmosphere?

Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen

What is the most common fossil fuel found in the Earth's crust?

Hydrogen
Natural gas
Petroleum
Coal

What are the major tectonic features of the Earth?

The arctic zone
Plates
The ozone layer
Oceans
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