Earth Science
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- Q1Which describes the early life forms on Earth?They merely occupied the landThey belong to the family of dinosaursThey are unicellularthey were simple plants and fungi30s
- Q2What makes the inner core of the Earth solid while the outer core is liquid? The inner core ismade up of metals while the outer is notsubjected to a greater pressure than the outer corethicker than the outer coreof lower temperature than the outer core30s
- Q3Soil is formed through weathering of rocks. Which type of rock probably existed first, starting the soil formation and the rock cycle?sedimentarymetamorphicany of the aboveIgneous30s
- Q4Which of the rocks enables us to trace the history of our past?metamorphic rocksextrusive igneous rockssedimentary rocksintrusive igneous rocks30s
- Q5When the air temperature in a certain area is high, the pressure is low and the relative humidity is high, it can be expected thatthere will be a typhoonthere will be rainthere will be thunderstormthe weather will be fair30s
- Q6A total solar eclipse can occur only when theEarth is at right angle with the sunMoon is between the sun and the earthMoon is at right angle with the earthEarth is between the sun and the moon30s
- Q7All of the following statements except one describe Venus as a planet. Which is the EXCEPTION?Venus shines brightly because it is covered with clouds that reflect about 80% of the sunlightWhen at the right of the sun, Venus appears as the morning star and as the evening star when at the right left of the sun.The rotation of Venus is opposite the direction of its revolutionOne day in Venus is longer than a Venus year30s
- Q8Which of the following is true of the color and brightness of a star?Distance, size, and amount of light have nothing to do with the brightness and color of the stars.A red star is cooler star while a star far from us seems not so brightA red star is cooler star while a star far from us seems not so brightA blue star means it is very near to us while a bright star means it produces much light30s
- Q9Which statement describes the atmosphere of the planet correctly?Saturn is mostly heliumMercury is mostly nitrogenEarth is mostly oxygenVenus is mostly carbon dioxide30s
- Q10When two heavenly bodies occupy the same longitude, the bodies are said to be in:parallelsympathyconjunctionseries30s