DIAGNOSTIC TEST

EARTH LIFE AND SCIENCE

Name: _________________________________ Grade Level/ Section: ________________

Instruction: Write the letter that best corresponds to your answer.

1. Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

A. Stratosphere C. Troposphere

B. Mesosphere D. Thermosphere

2. We know that the outer core is liquid because

A. P waves pass through it C. P waves cannot pass through it

B. S waves pass through it D. S waves cannot pass through it

3. From earth’s atmosphere the carbon dioxide is used by the plants, algae, and cyanobacteria during the process of?

A. Photosynthesis C. Decomposition

B. Respiration D. Nitrogen fixation

4. Earth atmosphere is divided into layers that are based upon what?

A. Water content C. Gas content

B. Relative humidity D. Temperature gradient

5. Which gas is essential for plant to prepare its food?

A. Carbon dioxide C. Nitrogen

B. Ozone, helium, and argon D. Sulfur dioxide

6. Scientist has found fossils of tropical plants in Antarctica. How could tropical plants have grown in Antarctica?

A. At one time, earth’s entire surface as a tropical rain forest

B. At one time, Antarctica was located closer to the equator

C. The rotation of earth has increased, causing cooling of the atmosphere

D. Catastrophic volcanic eruptions melted the ice and exposed the soil to sunlight

7. Why does the moon have so many craters?

A. The moon has less gravity than the planet earth C. Let’s face fact; the moon has slow reflexes

B. The moon’s orbit travels into a meteor hot spot D. The moon has no atmosphere to protect it from meteors or debris

8. How important is the atmosphere?

A. Provide the gases necessary for living things to survive

B. Regulate the heat from the sun to just the right temperature for life on earth

C. Necessary for the water cycle

D. The ozone layer protects the earth from the sun’s harmful rays.

9. How does the moist air affect the earth surfaces?

A. Movement of moist air masses also transports water from the oceans to the land areas across our entire planet.

B. Moisture in the air comes from us breathing, from using water, unfluted gas heaters.

C. Water returns the surface by condensation in the atmosphere and precipitation.

D. None of these
10. Only 50%of the solar energy directed towards earth penetrates directly to the surface. What will happen to the rest of the
radiation?

A. It is absorbed or reflected by the atmosphere.

B. It loses energy travelling through space.

C. It is reflected off the moon back into space.

D. It losses energy overcoming the sun’s gravity.

11. What if the earth did not rotate, what will happen?

A. The air would flow perpendicular to the isobar

B. Air causes deflected to the right of its original path

C. There will be no night and day happened

D. None of these

12. Which is the blanket of air that surrounds the earth?

A. Sun C. Mesosphere

B. Atmosphere D. Stratosphere

13. Which of the following human activities reduces the level of ozone in the atmosphere?

A. Using artificial lighting in scientific polar stations

B. Using large banks of solar cells for energy production.

C. Releasing chlorofluorocarbons from aerosol cans.

D. Destroying large areas of the equatorial rain forest.

14. What causes the wind deflection from the north and south poles?

A. The rotation of the earth on its axis

B. The oblate shape of the earth

C. The tilt of earth axis relative to its orbital plane

D. The difference in total land mass of the two hemispheres

15. What is the name of the atmosphere layer of upwardly diminishing temperature situated above the stratosphere and topped by
the mesopause?

A. Mesosphere C. Thermosphere

B. Troposphere D. Exosphere

16. What is the most important region of earth’s interior?

A. Earth crust C. Centrifugal

B. Oceanic crust D. Continental crust

17. First layer of earth on which we live is known as

A. The outer core C. The mantle

B. The inner core D. The crust

18. The second layer of the earth comes after crust of earth known as

A. The outer core C. The mantle

B. The inner core D. The crust

19. Central and hottest part of the earth is called

A. The crust C. The inner core

B. The mantle D.Outer core

20. Which layer of the atmosphere has the highest density of gas molecules?

A. Exosphere C. Mesosphere

B. Troposphere D.Thermosphere

21. In which layer do virtually all-weather phenomena take place?

A. Exosphere C. Thermosphere

B. Mesosphere D. Troposphere

22. Fusion is a form of nuclear reaction resulting in an enormous release of energy. The fusion of hydrogen to helium is a reaction
that commonly occurs in

A. The sun and outer typical stars C. The earth’s outer core of molten iron

B. The ionosphere and thermosphere D. A camel’s tail of ionized gases

23. Earthquake vibrations are detected measured and recorded by instruments called?

A. Sonagraphs C.Richter scales

B. Seismograph D. Magnetometers

24. Geothermal energy is possible when there is

A. Wind C. Coal

B. Oil D. Magma

25. The moon is very hot on the side facing the sun and very cold on the dark side, three extreme temperature differences are
primarily due to the moon ____________?

A. Mineral composition C. Reflective rocks

B. Thin atmosphere D. Lack of volcanic activity

26. Which of the following is not one of the earth layers?

A. Inner B. Crust C. Outer mantle D. Lower mantle

27. Crust is made up of.

A. Mineral ores plate C. Mantle plate

B. Tectonic plate D. Crust plate

28. Crust is made up of

A. Mineral ores plate C. Mantle plate

B. Tectonic plate D. Crust plate

29. A pressure that put-on a given area by the weight of the air above it.

A. Inner force C. Force

B. Air Pressure D. Outer Pressure

30. An image which you can viewed near Anchorage, Alaska?

A. Aurora Borealis C. Stars and Constellation

B. Lightning D. Andromeda

God Bless…
 Answer Key

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.A

16.A

17.D

18.C

19.C

20.B

21.D

22.A

23.B

24.D

25.B

26.B

27.B

28.B

29.B

30.A