LONG QUIZ IN EARTH SCIENCE b.

Radiation
I. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer. c. Outer Core
1. How long ago did the Big Bang occur? d. Lithosphere
a. 7 billion years ago 11. What type of seismic waves travel through the Earth's
b. 13. 8 million years ago interior but cannot pass through liquids?
c. 4.6 billion years ago a. S-waves
b. P – waves
d. 7 million years ago
c. L – waves
2. Which is NOT a member of the inner planets?
d. None of the above
a. Mars 12. What is the process by which sediments are transported and
b. Sun deposited by wind, water, or ice?
c. Venus a. Weathering
d. Earth b. Lithification
3. Which theory proposed that the universe creates new matter c. Solidification
as it expands maintaining its density? d. Erosion
a. Big Bang Theory 13. What is the primary process responsible for breaking down
b. Nebular Hypothesis rocks into smaller fragments over time?
c. Big Crunch Theory a. Weathering
d. Steady State Theory b. Lithification
4. What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water in c. Solidification
d. Erosion
the hydrosphere?
14. What is the interconnectedness of Earth's subsystems, where
a. Approximately 75%
changes in one subsystem can impact the entire planet?
b. Approximately 50% a. Earth connectedness
c. Approximately 25% b. System relationship
d. Less than 10% c. Earth System
5. What do you call the Test that jeweller need to utilize if they d. Environmental Equilibrium
want to find out the authenticity of a mineral? 15. Which of the following is composed of the sun,eight planets
a. Jeweller Test and their natural satellites, dwarfplanets, asteroids, and
b. Hardness Intensity Test comets?
c. Moh’s Hardness Scale a. Solar system
d. Hardness Scale b. Galaxies
6. Which of the following is considered a non-renewable energy c. Universe
source? d. Milky Way Galaxy
a. Wind 16. How does deforestation impact Earth's subsystems?
b. Gas a. It leads to increased biodiversity.
c. Sun b. It has no significant impact on Earth's subsystems.
d. Water c. It helps to combat climate change.
7. A boy found a small plant growing on a rock in his garden. d. It contributes to soil erosion and disrupts the
What most likely will happen to the rock? Carbon cycle
a. It will undergo erosion because it will be washed 17. When volcanoes erupt, dust and ash particlesspread through
away by plants much of the air blocking the sun.Which two spheres are
b. It will undergo weathering because the plant will interacting in this scenario?
soon break the rock into pieces. a. hydrosphere and atmosphere
c. The plant will die and the rock will accumulate b. geosphere and atmosphere
origin matter in the plant. c. biosphere and atmosphere
d. The rock will grow bigger because the plant root d. atmosphere and atmosphere
will be additional matter in it. 18. The lithosphere includes the Earth's
a. Upper mantle and Lower mantle
b. Core and Mantle
8. What is the reason why Earth is different from other planets
c. Crust and upper Mantle
in the solar system?
d. Crust and Mantle
a. Earth is mostly covered in water
19. What are celestial objects composed mostly of gas and
b. Earth has a comfortable distance from the sun.
lacking a solid surface?
c. Earth has carbon dioxide in its atmosphere.
a. Sun
d. It is approximately the same size as that of Venus.
b. Gas giants
9. Which type of rock forms directly from the cooling and
c. Star
solidification of molten lava or magma?
d. Comets
a. Metamorphic
20. Which of the following is true about rocks?
b. Igneous
a. Rocks are composed of only one mineral.
c. Sedimentary
b. Most rocks are a mixture of minerals.
d. None of the above
c. Rocks do not contain minerals.
10. What generates the Earth's magnetic field, protecting it from
d. Coal is not considered a rock
harmful solar radiation?
21. Which planet is considered as the twin planet of the Earth
a. Atmosphere
because they have similarity in size and mass?
 a. Mars
b. Jupiter
c. Saturn
d. Venus 29. Water reacts with one mineral to form a new mineral that has
22. How are igneous rocks formed? water as part ofthe crystal structure. A mineral feldspar, the
a. from slowly being deposited from dripping water on most abundant on the Earth’s crustweathers by the process of
cave floors over time chemical weathering. What is the process that is exhibited by
b. from being deposited in layers of weathered rock the feldspar?
material a. oxidation
c. from the cooling and hardening of molten rock b. hydrolysis
material c. dissolution
d. from two or more rocks that have changed together d. pressure-release fracturing
under high pressure 30. What are the icy remnants from the early solar system that
23. What is the primary difference between igneous rocks and occasionally pass through the inner solar system and develop
sedimentary rocks? tails when near the Sun?
a. Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling and a. Asteroids
solidification of molten material, while sedimentary b. Comets
rocks are formed from the accumulation of c. Meteors
sediments. d. Sun
b. Igneous rocks are formed from the compaction of
organic material, while sedimentary rocks are II. Identification. WRITE YOUR ANSWER IN
formed from volcanic eruptions. CAPITAL LETTER.
c. Igneous rocks are primarily composed of minerals 1. The process by which rocks break down into smaller
like quartz, while sedimentary rocks are made of pieces through physical or chemical processes.
organic matter. WEATHERING
d. There is no significant difference between the two 2. The hardest mineral on the Mohs scale of mineral
types of rocks. hardness. DIAMOND
24. What is the habitable zone, also known as the Goldilocks 3. The solid, rocky part of the Earth, which includes the
zone, in relation to a star? crust and uppermost mantle. LITHOSPHERE
a. The region where temperatures are always 4. The atmospheric layer closest to the Earth's surface,
extremely cold where weather events occur, is the______.
b. The region where temperatures are just right for TROPOSPHERE
liquid water to exist 5. Approximately how many years ago is the estimated
c. The region where temperatures are extremely hot age of the solar system. 4.5 OR 4.6 BILLION
d. The region with the highest levels of radiation YEARS OLD
25. Which renewable energy source relies on the capture of 6. The largest natural satellite in the largest planet and
sunlight using photovoltaic cells? considered as the largest natural satellite in the solar
a. Wind energy system. GANYMEDE
b. Solar energy 7. Scientist is credited with the discovery of the
c. Earth’s energy expanding universe and formulated red shift. EDWIN
d. Tidal Enegy HUBBLE
26. Pyroclastic flows, ash clouds, and lava flows are hazards 8. The innermost layer of the Earth, composed primarily
associated with: of solid iron and nickel. INNER CORE
a. Earthquake 9. The transition zone between the lower mantle and the
b. Landslide outer core. GUTENBERG DISCONTINUITY.
c. Volcanic Eruption 10. The term refers to igneous rocks that form from the
d. Hurricanes cooling of lava on the Earth's surface. EXTRUSIVE
27. What type of resource can be replaced or regenerated within IGNEOUS ROCK
a human lifetime?
a. Renewable resource III. ENUMERATION.
b. Non-renewable resource 1-2. NATURAL SATELLITE OF THE RED PLANET.
c. Inexhaustible resource PHOBOS AND DEIMOS
d. Fossil fuel 4-7- ARRANGEMENT OF LAYERS OF THE
28. Which subsystem will network with the biosphere for ATMOSPHERE. (OUTSIDE TO INSIDE)
photosynthesis to take place? EXOS, THERMOS, MESOS, STRATOS, TROPOS
a. atmosphere 8-10. FULL NAME OF YOUR EARTH SCIENCE
b. hydrosphere TEACHER. ROCELINE DE JESUS ATIENZA
c. geosphere
d. biosphere