LONG QUIZ in

EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

Answer the following statement.

1. 78% of air in the atmosphere is composed of ______________.

2. According to this theory, matter is present in the beginning of time._______________
3. Composed of elements such as those found in the periodic table. ______________
4. Give two characteristic of minerals.
_______________________________
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5. It is naturally-occurring combination of minerals and mineraloids. ______________
6. It is the representation of an idea, an object, or even a process that is used to described
and explain phenomena that cannot be experienced directly. ______________
7. It is the totality of Earth’s water. _______________
8. It refers to all existing matter and space considered as a whole.________________
9. It refers to the solid Earth.______________
10.The _______________ includes all life forms
11.The _______________ is the mixture of gasses that surround the planet.
12.The amount of time it takes for the sun to return to the same spot. _______________
13.These rocks accumulated on Earth’s surface in the process of deposition. ______________
14.These rocks are formed from the exposure of sedimentary or igneous rocks to high
pressure, high temperature, or both, deep within Earth’s surface. ______________
15.They formed through the cooling of magma or lava. ______________
16.This hypothesis presumes that the solar system began as a cloud of dispersed interstellar
gas. ______________
17.This is the amount of time it takes for Earth to turn on its axis. _______________
18.Two classifications of rocks. ______________ ______________

Matching Type
a. Specific gravity
1. A person who studies minerals.
b. Luster
2. Caused by the absorption, or lack thereof, of visible light c. Color
by crystalline structure. d. Streak
3. Is the color of the powdered mineral produced when a mineral e. Hardness
f. Cleavage
is rubbed across an unweathered surface.
g. Mineralogist
4. It is a measure of relative density of a mineral.
h. Mineralogy
5. It is a minerals ability to resist scratching or abrasion. i. Minerals
6. It is the tendency of a mineral to split along planes of weakness. j. Fracture
7. It refers to the quality of light on the surface of the rock,
crystal or mineral.
8. Study of composition, crystal structure, and physical and optical
properties of minerals.
Choose the correct answer inside the box.

Biotic weathering Block disintegration Carbonation Chemical weathering

 Continental drift Convergent boundary Deformation Dip-slip faults
Plates
Divergent boundary Exfoliation Faulting Folding Fault Frost weathering
Gully erosion Hydration Mass wasting Oxidation Physical weathering

Rill erosion Sheet erosion Soil erosion Solution Strike-slip faults

Volcanism
Transform boundary Volcano Weathering Wind erosion

__________________1. It is the general term applied to the combined action of all physical and
chemical processes that disintegrate and decomposed rocks near Earth’s
surface through the elements of weather.
__________________2. It happens whenever rocks are broken up without any change in their
chemical composition.
__________________3. It is caused by successive heating and cooling that causes the expansion and
contraction of rocks.
__________________4. It is the stripping of the outer layers of rocks due to intense heating.
__________________5. It refers to the alternate freezing and thawing of water inside the joint of the
rocks.
__________________6. Is is the weakening or the disintegration of rocks and the formation of
the new compounds or new substances caused by chemical reaction.
__________________7. It is the process in which oxygen reacts with the rocks and changes it
mineral composition.
__________________8. It is the process of involving the formation of various types of carbonates in
rocks.
__________________9. It is the result of the absorption or combination of water and a
particular substance on rock, leading to a change in shape.
__________________10. It is the process in which some of the minerals in rocks are directly
dissolved in water
__________________11. It is the disintegration of rocks caused by living organism.
__________________12. It refers to the downslope movement or rocks, regolith, and soil
because of gravity.
__________________13. The removal of soil at a greater rate than its replacement by natural
agencies.
__________________14. It happens when wind carry large amount of fine soil particles/sand away
from
a region, spreading it over adjoining cultivated land and destroying their
fertility.
__________________15. It is the removal of thin layers of soil because of surface runoff and rain.
__________________16. It is the removal of soil by the action of concentrated running water.
__________________17. It is the removal of soil in water channel or drainage lines.
__________________18. The hot fluid or semi fluid material below or within Earth’s crust from
which lava and other igneous rock is formed by cooling
__________________19. It is a vent in the surface of Earth where magma is expelled during eruption.
__________________20. It is a primary material extruded from a volcano in addition to
volcanic rocks, ash and dust during volcanic eruption.
__________________21. Occurs in rocks when they are subjected to tectonic forces from opposite
sides.
__________________22. If there is any movement on one or both sides of the fracture
__________________23. result of the fracture or displacement of rock layer or strata along a fault
plane.
__________________24. It shows vertical movement of the hanging wall and the footwall
__________________25. It shows horizontal and parallel displacements of the fault planes.
__________________26. It is a gradual movement of the continents over time.
__________________27. It occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.