EARTH as HABITABLE PLANET

Why is Earth called the "living planet"?

• Why is Earth called “the living planet?”

  It has atmosphere

• It sustains life.

• It has water at the surface

• all of these

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Which among the set of planets are called terrestrial?

• Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus

• Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter

What makes the planet Earth habitable compared to other planets?

• It has trees.

• it has liquid water

• It has people.

• It has soil.

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Identify the importance of Water.

• use in Plant's Photosynthesis

• protects the earth from harmful rays

• use in treating carbon monoxide poisoning

• compose 70% of the human body

• acts as the major constituent of hydrologic cycle

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Which of the following factors that make earth habitable is being illustrated in the picture?

• Proper distance

• Magnetic field

• Atmosphere

• Oxygen

What makes planet Earth habitable?

• It has comfortable distance from the sun.

• It has atmosphere that protects from radiation.

• The atmosphere holds carbon dioxide and other gases.

• All of these

Which of the following best describes the surface of the planet Earth?

• mostly water surface with some areas of land

• cold, rocky, and covered with red dust

• cloudy and hot with lots of volcano

• a thick layer of hydrogen gas

Earth is said to be a unique planet. Which answer verifies the statement?

• It supports life.

• It is mostly covered in water.

• Its atmosphere is mostly nitrogen and oxygen.

• All of these

Which statement about the Earth will help organisms to survive?

• Earth has layer water only for favorable climate.

• Earth’s temperature is neither the hottest nor the coldest among other

  planets.

• Earth has man-made natural cycles

• Earth has no protective equipment like ozone.

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Which distinct characteristic made Earth different from any other planet?

• It is the only planet that has a large amount of liquid water.

• It is the only planet that changes its structure

• It is the only planet that turns around in space

• It is the only rocky planet.

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