Summative Exam - Earth and Life Science

Earth includes beach grasses, forms of life in the sea, on land, and even in the air. Which term best describes the statement?

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

Ozone plays an important function in every single organism on Earth. To what sphere does ozone layer belong?

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

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What makes planet Earth different from the other planets in the solar system?

• It supports life

• Covered in water

• Has atmosphere

• All the above

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What type of rocks are formed from sediments over long period of time?

• Igneous Rocks

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Metamorphic Rocks

• Minerals

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This refers to a type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. Which best fits the description?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• All the above

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What are the building blocks of rocks, and it is mostly found in the geosphere?

• minerals

• soil

• ore

• elements

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What is the solid form of a mineral produced by a repeating pattern of atoms?

• crystal

• density

• element

• fracture

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What process by which heat is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or between adjoining regions, without movement of the material?

• conduction

• convection

• insolation

• radiation

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Which of the following is described as the process of heat exchange between the Sun and the Earth that controls the temperatures of the latter?

• conduction

• convection

• insolation

• radiation

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

• conduction

• convection current

• insolation

• radiation

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