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Quiz bee - Practice qustions

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EARTH SCIENCE

QUIZ

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the BEST ANSWER on the following questions/statements. Write the LETTER ONLY.

  1. Which of the following is NOT an agent of erosion? A. glacier B. gravity C. rocks D. wind

  2. Which field of science deals with the study of rock layers? A. Geology B. Paleontology C. Petrology Stratigraphy

  3. Why is Earth called the “living planet?” A. It has a life mechanism. C. It has carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. B. It has water and an atmosphere. D. It has an atmosphere that supports oxygen.

  4. Which of the following best describes the surface of the planet Earth? A. a thick layer of hydrogen gas C. cold, rocky, and covered with red dust B. cloudy and hot with lots of volcanoes D. mostly water surface with some areas of land

  5. Earth contains all living organisms including those on the land, in the water, and air. Which subsystem best describes the statement? A. biosphere B. hydrosphere C. atmosphere D. geosphere

  6. All of the waters, including subsurface and atmospheric water comprise the Earth. Which geological subsystem best labels the statement? A. biosphere B. hydrosphere C. atmosphere D. geosphere

  7. What are the building blocks of rocks and it is mostly found in the geosphere? A. elements B. minerals C. ore D. soil

  8. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral? A. naturally occurring B. solid C. organic D. crystal structure

  9. When does the Southwest Monsoon usually occur in the Philippines? A. March-May C. October - March B. July - December D. June – September

  10. Which of the following forces is responsible for tides? A. gravitational B. electrical C. nuclear D. frictional

II. IDENTIFICATION. Identify what is being asked. Write your answer only.

____________11. What causes Earth's seasons? ____________12. What is the shape of the earth? ____________13. One revolution of Earth is equal to what time span? ____________14. It occurs when running water, ice, and gravity transports sediments from one place to another. ____________15. In what layer of the atmosphere does all weather take place? ____________16. The only atmospheric gas that filters out some wavelengths of solar radiation. ____________17. This was the Earth's first supercontinent. ____________18. The deepest oceanic trench on Earth. ____________19. It is a form of oxidation that does weathering to rocks. ____________20. If you are 13 years old here on Earth, how old are you in Venus?

III. TRUE OR FALSE. Write true if the statement is true or false if the statement is false.

____________21. Earth’s orbit around the Sun is highly elliptical. ____________22. We need to have a leap year because Earth takes slightly more than 365 days to orbit the Sun. ____________23. Earth’s shape is called an oblate spheroid. ____________24. The ancient Greeks knew that the Earth was round. ____________25. The Earth's crust is made up of about 75% iron which produces strong magnetic fields. ____________26. Redshift is the shift of absorption bands toward the red end of the spectrum. ____________27. Hubble’s Law states, that the farther away a galaxy is, the faster it is moving away from us. ____________28. The percentage of the universe that is made of matter has decreased since the beginning. ____________29. Cosmetology is study of the universe. ____________30. The universe contains about a hundred million galaxies.

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EARTH SCIENCE
QUIZ
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the BEST ANSWER on the following
questions/statements. Write the LETTER ONLY.
1. Which of the following is NOT an agent of erosion?
A. glacier B. gravity C. rocks D. wind
2. Which field of science deals with the study of rock layers?
A. Geology B. Paleontology C. Petrology Stratigraphy
3. Why is Earth called the “living planet?”
A. It has a life mechanism. C. It has carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
B. It has water and an atmosphere. D. It has an atmosphere that supports oxygen.
4. Which of the following best describes the surface of the planet Earth?
A. a thick layer of hydrogen gas C. cold, rocky, and covered with red dust
B. cloudy and hot with lots of volcanoes D. mostly water surface with some areas of
land
5. Earth contains all living organisms including those on the land, in the water, and air. Which
subsystem best describes the statement?
A. biosphere B. hydrosphere C. atmosphere D. geosphere
6. All of the waters, including subsurface and atmospheric water comprise the Earth. Which
geological subsystem best labels the statement?
A. biosphere B. hydrosphere C. atmosphere D. geosphere
7. What are the building blocks of rocks and it is mostly found in the geosphere?
A. elements B. minerals C. ore D. soil
8. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral?
A. naturally occurring B. solid C. organic D. crystal structure
9. When does the Southwest Monsoon usually occur in the Philippines?
A. March-May C. October - March
B. July - December D. June – September
10. Which of the following forces is responsible for tides?
A. gravitational B. electrical C. nuclear D. frictional
II. IDENTIFICATION. Identify what is being asked. Write your answer only.
____________11. What causes Earth's seasons?
____________12. What is the shape of the earth?
____________13. One revolution of Earth is equal to what time span?
____________14. It occurs when running water, ice, and gravity transports sediments from one
place to another.
____________15. In what layer of the atmosphere does all weather take place?
____________16. The only atmospheric gas that filters out some wavelengths of solar radiation.
____________17. This was the Earth's first supercontinent.
____________18. The deepest oceanic trench on Earth.
____________19. It is a form of oxidation that does weathering to rocks.
____________20. If you are 13 years old here on Earth, how old are you in Venus?

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