Preparation Midterm Test

The lithosphere is the Earth's layer that supports human life. Below are the rocks that make up the lithosphere itself, except...

(Material : Lithosphere pg 5)

• Sedimentary rocks

• Metamorphic rocks

• Nikel rocks

• Basaltic rocks

Tectonic plates moving away from each other, thus creating new crust, are called........... boundaries.

(Material : Lithosphere pg 16)

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Subduction

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Which of the following geological features is characterized by a flat-topped elevated area?

(Material : Landforms and Human Impact pg 10)

• Plain

• Plateus

• Hills

• Mountain

Forests, deserts, and the most commonly found grasslands are one type of landform found on Earth that we can refer to as...

(Material : Landform pg 12)

• Plains

• Plateus

• Hills

• Mountain

The lithosphere plays a crucial role in supporting life. However, the rapid expansion of the human population has placed a heavy strain on the lithosphere, leading to its degradation.
What kind of degradation affects agricultural land?

(Material: Landforms page 14)

• Land degradation

• Water degradation

• Air degradation

• Human degradation

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One of the human activities below is an action that can alter or even damage the shape of the lithosphere itself. That activity is, except...

(Material : Landform and Human Impacts pg 17)

• Mining

• Agriculture

• Reforestation

• Oil Drilling

The layer in the atmosphere that functions to absorb and protect the Earth from exposure to UV rays emitted by the sun is...
(Material: Layers of Atmosphere pg 7)

• Astenosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

One of the gases that is most commonly found in the atmosphere is...

(Material: Layers of Atmosphere pg 3)

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide

• Water vapor

One of the benefits we can experience from the presence of the atmosphere is, except...

(Material: Layers of atmosphere pg 15)

• Heat from the Sun is trapped by the atmosphere so it doesn’t escape back into space and Earth doesn’t get too cold.

• Earth’s climate is regulated by the atmosphere.

• The air we breathe is in the atmosphere.

• It isn't a major element of the water cycle.

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On Earth, liquid water exists on the surface also exists below ground—as groundwater, in...

(Material: Hydrosphere page 6)

• streams

• rivers

• ice caps

• wells

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