Which two planets lie between the sun and the earth?

A. venus and mars

B. venus and jupiter

C. mercury and venus

D. mercury and satum

On June 21st, when the sun is overhead at the Tropic of Cancer,places in the Northern Hemisphere experience

A. longer day and shorter night

B. twilight

C. shorter day and linger night

D. longer day and night

When a ship appears over the distant horizon the

A. hull is seen before the cabin

B. hull and the mast are seen together

C. mast is seen before the hull

D. cabin is seen before the mast

The innermost section of the Earth is the

A. core

B. mantle

C. crust

D. sial

Which of the following is not a characteristic of sedimentary rocks? They

A. contain fossils

B. are crystalline

C. are usually laid down in layers

D. are porous

Rocks which have been formed by the cooling and solidification of molten magma are called

A. igneous rocks

B. sedimentary rocks

C. conglomerates

D. metamorphic rocks

Which of the following is not a type of mountain?

A. conical mountain

B. block mountain

C. fold mountain

D. mountain of accumulation

Which of the following is not true of stalagmites and stalactites?

A. stalagmites are upward growing pillars while stalactites are downward growing

B. stalagmites are short and wide while stalactites are long and narrow

C. stalacties are formed on the floor of limestone caves while stalagmites are formed on roofs of limestone caves

D. stalactites are longer than stalagmites

Which of the following pairs are are desert landforms?

A. wave-cut platforms and self dunes

B. sandbars and sandspits

C. yardangs and zeugens

D. barchans and tombolos

Most of the world's lakes are fresh lakes which are

A. fed by rivers with outlets to the sea

B. fed by melting glaciers

C. fairly saline due to excessive evaporation

D. constant in volume