Special Quiz 1 in Earth and Life Science

I. Give at least three factors or reasons why Earth is habitable.

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II. Identify and describe the four subsystems of the earth.

Earth Subsystem Description

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III. Identify what is being asked. WRONG SPELLING WRONG.

12. The ability of the mineral to resist from being scratched is called _______________________.
13. It is the color of the powdered mineral. _______________________________
14. What is the hardest mineral according to Mohs Scale of Hardness.
15. It is the scientific study of rocks. ________________________
16. ________________ is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals.
17. What is the most common mineral in the Earth’s crust? _____________________
18. Dolomite belongs to what group or class of rock-forming minerals? _______________________
19. What is the most abundant mineral in the Earth’s mantle? _________________________
20. What type of rock formed from lava that cools quickly that results to finer grain and smaller size of crystals?
___________________________

IV. Classification of Igneous Rocks based on COMPOSITION:

21. 23.
22. 24.

V. Three types of sedimentary rocks:

25. ________________________, 26. ___________________________, 27. ______________________________

28-30. Differentiate the two types of metamorphism.

 Special Quiz 2 in Earth & Life Science

1. The process of breaking down rocks into small particles such as sand, clay, gravel and other fragments is called
______________.

2-5. Differentiate mechanical and chemical weathering.

6. It is a mixture of grains, organic matter, water and gas. ________________

Write MW if mechanical weathering or CW if chemical weathering.

_____7. Dissolution _______11. Frost Wedging

_____8. Abrasion _______12. Hydrolysis
_____9. Burrowing animals _______13. Temperature
_____10. Oxidation _______14. Pressure

15. The movement of sediments downslope under the influence of gravity is called _________.

16. The change in the composition of rocks is called ___________.

17. The process in which the weathered materials carried out by erosion and gravity settle down in a particular
location is called _________________.

18. The thermal energy released as a result of spontaneous nuclear disintegration is called ____________________.

19. The energy deposited during the early formation of a planet is called ______________________________.

20. What heat transfer of fluid in the earth’s interior results to the movement of rocky mantle up to the surface of
the earth? _____________________________

21. During the partial melting of magma, where does flux melting take place? ______________________________

22. It is composed of semi-liquid, hot, molten rocks located beneath the Earth. __________________________

23-25. What are the 3 factors involved in partial melting: 23. __________________________________________

24. _________________________________________ 25. __________________________________________

26. ____________________ is composed of the lower part of the Earth’s crust and the upper portion of the mantle.

27. What process occurs if there are formation and movement of magma under the earth’s crust.
________________________

28. In what part of the earth does magmatism happens?______________________________

29- 30. The two most abundant elements in magma. ___________________ and ___________________

31.-35. Fill in the table

Convergent Divergent Transform

Direction of Movement
Effect
Topogtaphy