Weekly Review - Life on Earth

What is the habitable zone?

• A zone with the correct distance away from the Sun

• A zone in space where water turns into vapor

• A zone where life can not be sustained

• A zone in space where water is frozen

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In order for life as we know it to exist, a planet must have ______________________

• heat

• animals

• liquid water

• solar energy

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The entire mass of air that surrounds Earth, and is made of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and traces of other gases is called...

• magnetosphere

• ozone layer

• atmosphere

• none of these

An area that deflects and traps harmful particles, and results from the interaction between Earth's magnetic field and solar winds is called...

• atmosphere

• ozone layer

• magnetic fields

• magnetosphere

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Which of these is emitted by the Sun that can cause sun burns.

• Ultraviolet Radiation

• Ozone Layer

• Solar Winds

A gas in Earth's atmosphere that absorbs MOST of the damaging high-energy ultraviolet radiation from the Sun is the...

• magnetosphere

• atmosphere

• solar winds

• ozone layer

If the Earth were any closer to the Sun, how would conditions for life on Earth change?

• The conditions would be too cold to support life.

• The conditions would be too hot to support life.

• The conditions would be exactly the same.

Which of the following is a reason that life exists on Earth?

• distance from the Sun

• presence of an atmosphere and magnetic field

• liquid water

• all of these are reasons life exists on Earth

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The atmosphere helps keep Earth's temperatures stable and it contains oxygen for breathing.

• True

• False

Our Earth is covered with _____ % water.

• 50

• 75

• 25

• 100

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