Earth has ozone layer to protect living organisms from harmful radiation

What is the reason why every living thing on earth has the chance of survival?

Which clearly gives an example of connection between hydrosphere and geosphere?

How many percent of water comprises the earth?

Which refers to a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a definite crystalline structure and chemical composition?

Which of the following is true about rocks?

Regional metamorphism occurs due to changes in pressure and temperature over a large region of the crust. It may happen when rock is buried deep below the surface or where pieces of the earth's crust collide. Which is a metamorphic rock?

Which among the set of planets are called terrestrial?

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 material?

What kind of process by which heat energy is transmitted through collisions between neighboring atoms or molecules?

Halite is made when a body of sea water becomes closed off and evaporates and salt precipitates out and is deposited as crystallized halite. What type of sedimentary rock is formed?

Which statement about the earth's energy in sustaining life is incorrect?

A student obtains a cup of quartz sand from a beach. A saltwater solution is poured into the sand and allowed to evaporate. The mineral residue from saltwater solution cements the sand grains together, forming a material that is most likely an:

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

Which is supported and sustained by planet?

All of the waters, including subsurface and atmospheric water comprise the earth. which geological subsystem best label the statement?

Which property refers to the resistance of mineral to scratching?

What is the natural process that causes one kind of rock to change into another kind?

Mantle rocks remain solid when exposed to high pressure. However, during convection, these rocks tend to go upward (shallower level) and the pressure is reduced. What process is being described?

Many studies have shown similarities of Earth and Venus. What makes Earth similar with Venus?

Carbon dioxide dissolving from the air into the ocean is an interaction that occurs in which system?

Spontaneous nuclear disintegration of radioactive elements produced thermal energy

Why does radioactive decay play a very important role in earth's internal heat?

weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

Which of the following represents the correct order of the processes responsible for the formation of sedimentary rocks?

A thin layer of solid rock that makes up the outermost part of the earth is visible to which part of the geosphere?

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

Igneous rock is divided into two groups, extrusive and intrusive. Extrusive igneous rocks form when magma makes its way to its surface as lava and then cools, forming rock. Which will be the characterictics of the crystals?

In its powdered form, the mineral hematite is reddish. Which mineral property is descbribed?

Atmosphere, energy, temperature, nutrient

Earth can support the survival of organisms. What is/are the factor/s that make/s the earth habitable?

What term should be used to describe a semi-liquid hot molten rock located beneath the earth?

Pyrite is a yellowish mineral that looks like gold and is commonly called fool's gold. What is the property of mineral exhibited by pyrite wherein it reflects light and with metallic look?

The atmosphere of the earth is composed of __ nitrogen and __ oxygen and other gases

Which is an example of a connection between biosphere connecting to atmosphere?

Which of the following is an example of an igneous rock?

Which is not a property that can be used to identify a mineral?

Igneous and metamorphic rock can be buried and undergo tremendous heating and stress. What is the process of transformation of one rock type into another?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral?

In what part of earth does magmatism happen?

During the 1800's, miners can identify real gold from pyrite through biting the surface of the mineral. If a bite mark is exhibited, then the said mineral is considered real gold. What property is tested in this scenario?

What is the property of mineral that reflects light on its surface?

What type of weathering occurs when stalactites and stalagmites on caves are formed?

What chemical reaction causes rust to form?

What constitutes the size, shape, and arrangement pf mineral grains in a rock?

Rocks vary in color, size, texture, and shape. They are classified based on how they were formed. Which of the following deals with the study of rocks?

What do you call tendency for a mineral to break along flat surfaces?

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

This refers to type of rock that was heated and compressed over time.

What is the process in which a plant grows into the base of a stone monument and creating a crack on it?

What is the type of chemical weathering that rapidly dissolves crystals of halite or rock salt to form a solution?

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