Earth and Life Science Quiz #1

General Directions:
1. Read and analyze each question carefully.
2. Write your answers legibly and NO ERASURES or ALTERATIONS. Should you do so,
answer will be treated wrong.
3. DO NOT CHEAT.

Test 1: (Multiple Choice) Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which planet in the Solar System has the capability to sustain and foster life?
a. Mars b. Venus c. Earth d. Mercury

2. What do you call the organisms that manufacture their own food?
a. Consumers b. Heterotrophs d. Saprotrophs d. Autotrophs

3. Earth is a unique planet because it is the third planet in the Solar System. This
statement refers to what attribute of the Earth?
a. Earth’s Atmosphere c. Earth’s Subsystem
b. Earth’s Location d. Earth’s Size and Mass

4. What layer of the Earth envelops life and regulates surface temperature?
a. Lithosphere c. Atmosphere
b. Hydrosphere d. Geosphere

5. How much Nitrogen is present in the Earth’s atmosphere?

a. 75% b. 76% c. 77% d. 78 %

6. It is the process by which Ozone molecules in the Stratosphere is broken down

into elemental Oxygen.
a. Photo assimilation c. Photo manipulation
b. b. Photoassociation d. Photodissociation

7. What do you call the region around earth that is dominated by Magnetic fields?
a. Exosphere c. Thermosphere
b. Magnetosphere d. Stratosphere

8. In what layer of the Earth does Magnetic fields are produced?

a. Mantle
Outer Core