FIRST QUIZ IN EARTH & LIFE SCIENCE
1. Which sphere contains all living things on 9. Water rushing down a mountain is an
Earth?
A. biosphere
B. atmosphere
C. hydrosphere
D. geosphere
2. Which Earth sphere contains oxygen, water
vapor, nitrogen and other gases to help us
survive?
A. biosphere
B. atmosphere
C. hydrosphere
D. geosphere
3. What is the name of the thin layer of solid
rock that makes up the outermost part of
Earth?
A. core
B. crust
C. mantle
D. biosphere
4. Meteoroids entering Earth’s atmosphere
usually burn up in this layer__________
A. troposphere
B. stratosphere
C. mesosphere
D. thermosphere
5. What is the core made of?
A. Silicon and Magnesium
B. Silicon and Iron
C. Iron and Nickel
D. Nickel and Silicon
6. Animals and plants needing water to survive
shows which two systems interacting?
A. Hydrosphere and Geosphere
B. Geosphere and Biosphere
C. Biosphere and Atmosphere
D. Geosphere and Atmosphere
7. Rain falling from clouds is an example of
which two systems interacting?
A. Hydrosphere and Geosphere
B. Atmosphere and Geosphere
C. Hydrosphere and Atmosphere
D. Atmosphere and Biosphere
8. Animals needing oxygen to survive is an
example of which two systems interacting?
A. Hydrosphere and Geosphere
B. Atmosphere and Geosphere
C. Hydrosphere and Atmosphere
D. Atmosphere and Biosphere
example of which two systems interacting?
A. Hydrosphere and Geosphere
B. Atmosphere and Geosphere
C. Hydrosphere and Atmosphere
D. Atmosphere and Biosphere
10. Which earth system involves mountains and
volcanoes?
A. biosphere
B. atmosphere
C. hydrosphere
D. geosphere
11. Which is an interaction between the
biosphere and the geosphere?
A. Plants use oxygen and carbon dioxide
during photosynthesis
B. Rising sea levels change habitats
C. Organisms contribute to break down
cycle
D. Volcanic eruptions eject gas into air
12. What is the atmosphere made of?
A. Mostly hydrogen
B. Mostly nitrogen
C. Mostly carbon dioxide
D. Mostly oxygen
13. Which layer of the geosphere is the thickest?
A. Crust
B. Mantle
C. Outer Core
D. Inner Core
14. Which layer of the geosphere is the
densest?
A. Crust
B. Mantle
C. Outer Core
D. Inner Core
15. Which parts of the geosphere are liquid?
A. Mantle and Crust
B. Outer Core and Inner Core
C. Crust and Inner Core
D. Mantle and Inner Core
16. Why is the end of the plasma Universe so
important to the creation of greater
complexity?
A. At the end of the plasma Universe,
380,000 years after the Big Bang,
human life began.
B. The Universe cooled enough to allow
formation of atoms.
C. The fundamental force, gravity, was
created.
D. Energy could no longer be created nor
destroyed.
17. What were the first two elements to form 23. What is the longest part of Earth’s history.
once the Universe expanded and cooled? Trace fossils appeared.
A. Helium and oxygen A. Precambrian Time
B. Carbon and helium B. Paleozoic Era
C. Hydrogen and oxygen C. Mesozoic Era
D. Hydrogen and helium D. Cenozoic Era
18. What are the four fundamental forces that 24. During which era did Pangaea break up?
emerged right after the Big Bang? A. Precambrian Time
A. Gravity, dark energy, hydrogen, and B. Paleozoic Era
helium C. Mesozoic Era
B. Gravity, strong nuclear forces, weak D. Cenozoic Era
nuclear forces, and electromagnetism 25. What happens to the density (thickness)/ air
C. Gravity, electrons, atoms, and pressure of the air as you increase in
electromagnetism altitude?
D. Gravity, quarks, atoms, and dark matter A. density increases
19. What is the difference between matter and B. density decreases
energy? C. density stays the same
A. Matter can cause physical changes in D. density disappears
things while energy cannot. 26. All the non-living things in an environment
B. Matter is the physical “stuff” of the A. Biotic
Universe while energy is what makes B. Aerobic
things happen. C. Abiotic
C. Energy is a physical “stuff” of the D. Anaerobic
Universe while matter is what makes 27. A community of organisms and their abiotic
things happen. environment.
D. Matter is visible while energy is not. A. Environment
20. A particle that is made out of quarks is? B. Biosphere
A. hadron C. Ecosystem
B. lepton D. Community
C. boson 28. Which among the following pertains to the
D. meson thin layer of the Earth that is found between
21. __________ is the division of Earth’s history the crust and mantle?
based on life forms which lived during that A. Mohorovicic Discontinuity
period. B. Weichert-Gutenberg Discontinuity
A. Seafloor spreading C. Conrad Discontinuity
B. Geologic Time Scale D. Repetti Discontinuity
C. Prehistoric dinosaurs 29. Which among the following is the CORRECT
D. Prehistoric Time order of human evolution?
22. ________________ are the longest A. Apes > Homo Habilis > Australopithecus
subdivision of Geologic Time Scale. > Homo Erectus > Homo Sapiens
A. Eons B. Apes > Australopithecus > Homo Habilis
B. Eras > Homo Erectus > Homo Sapiens
C. Periods C. Apes > Australopithecus > Homo Habilis
D. Epochs > Homo Sapiens > Homo Erectus
D. Apes > Australopithecus > Homo
Sapiens > Homo Erectus> Homo Habilis
30. Which among the following factors keeps
Pacific waters to mix with the Atlantic?
A. Density
B. Temperature
C. Salinity
D. All of the above factors.
FIRST QUIZ IN EARTH & LIFE SCIENCE
1. Which sphere contains all living things on
Earth?
A. biosphere
B. atmosphere
C. hydrosphere
D. geosphere
2. Which Earth sphere contains oxygen, water
vapor, nitrogen and other gases to help us
survive?
A. biosphere
B. atmosphere
C. hydrosphere
D. geosphere
3. What is the name of the thin layer of solid
rock that makes up the outermost part of
Earth?
A. core
B. crust
C. mantle
D. biosphere
4. Meteoroids entering Earth’s atmosphere
usually burn up in this layer__________
A. troposphere
B. stratosphere
C. mesosphere
D. thermosphere
5. What is the core made of?
A. Silicon and Magnesium
B. Silicon and Iron
C. Iron and Nickel
D. Nickel and Silicon
6. Animals and plants needing water to survive
shows which two systems interacting?
A. Hydrosphere and Geosphere
B. Geosphere and Biosphere
C. Biosphere and Atmosphere
D. Geosphere and Atmosphere
7. Rain falling from clouds is an example of
which two systems interacting?
A. Hydrosphere and Geosphere
B. Atmosphere and Geosphere
C. Hydrosphere and Atmosphere
D. Atmosphere and Biosphere
8. Animals needing oxygen to survive is an
example of which two systems interacting?
A. Hydrosphere and Geosphere
B. Atmosphere and Geosphere
C. Hydrosphere and Atmosphere
D. Atmosphere and Biosphere
9. Water rushing down a mountain is an
example of which two systems interacting?
A. Hydrosphere and Geosphere
B. Atmosphere and Geosphere
C. Hydrosphere and Atmosphere
D. Atmosphere and Biosphere
10. Which earth system involves mountains and
volcanoes?
A. biosphere
B. atmosphere
C. hydrosphere
D. geosphere
11. Which is an interaction between the
biosphere and the geosphere?
A. Plants use oxygen and carbon dioxide
during photosynthesis
B. Rising sea levels change habitats
C. Organisms contribute to break down
cycle
D. Volcanic eruptions eject gas into air
12. What is the atmosphere made of?
A. Mostly hydrogen
B. Mostly nitrogen
C. Mostly carbon dioxide
D. Mostly oxygen
13. Which layer of the geosphere is the thickest?
A. Crust
B. Mantle
C. Outer Core
D. Inner Core
14. Which layer of the geosphere is the
densest?
A. Crust
B. Mantle
C. Outer Core
D. Inner Core
15. Which parts of the geosphere are liquid?
A. Mantle and Crust
B. Outer Core and Inner Core
C. Crust and Inner Core
D. Mantle and Inner Core
16. Why is the end of the plasma Universe so
important to the creation of greater
complexity?
A. At the end of the plasma Universe,
380,000 years after the Big Bang,
human life began.
B. The Universe cooled enough to allow
formation of atoms.
C. The fundamental force, gravity, was
created.
D. Energy could no longer be created nor
destroyed.
17. What were the first two elements to form 23. What is the longest part of Earth’s history.
once the Universe expanded and cooled? Trace fossils appeared.
A. Helium and oxygen A. Precambrian Time
B. Carbon and helium B. Paleozoic Era
C. Hydrogen and oxygen C. Mesozoic Era
D. Hydrogen and helium D. Cenozoic Era
18. What are the four fundamental forces that 24. During which era did Pangaea break up?
emerged right after the Big Bang? A. Precambrian Time
A. Gravity, dark energy, hydrogen, and B. Paleozoic Era
helium C. Mesozoic Era
B. Gravity, strong nuclear forces, weak D. Cenozoic Era
nuclear forces, and electromagnetism 25. What happens to the density (thickness)/ air
C. Gravity, electrons, atoms, and pressure of the air as you increase in
electromagnetism altitude?
D. Gravity, quarks, atoms, and dark matter A. density increases
19. What is the difference between matter and B. density decreases
energy? C. density stays the same
A. Matter can cause physical changes in D. density disappears
things while energy cannot. 26. All the non-living things in an environment
B. Matter is the physical “stuff” of the A. Biotic
Universe while energy is what makes B. Aerobic
things happen. C. Abiotic
C. Energy is a physical “stuff” of the D. Anaerobic
Universe while matter is what makes 27. A community of organisms and their abiotic
things happen. environment.
D. Matter is visible while energy is not. A. Environment
20. A particle that is made out of quarks is? B. Biosphere
A. hadron C. Ecosystem
B. lepton D. Community
C. boson 28. Which among the following pertains to the
D. meson thin layer of the Earth that is found between
21. __________ is the division of Earth’s history the crust and mantle?
based on life forms which lived during that A. Mohorovicic Discontinuity
period. B. Weichert-Gutenberg Discontinuity
A. Seafloor spreading C. Conrad Discontinuity
B. Geologic Time Scale D. Repetti Discontinuity
C. Prehistoric dinosaurs 29. Which among the following is the CORRECT
D. Prehistoric Time order of human evolution?
22. ________________ are the longest E. Apes > Homo Habilis > Australopithecus
subdivision of Geologic Time Scale. > Homo Erectus > Homo Sapiens
A. Eons F. Apes > Australopithecus > Homo Habilis
B. Eras > Homo Erectus > Homo Sapiens
C. Periods G. Apes > Australopithecus > Homo Habilis
D. Epochs > Homo Sapiens > Homo Erectus
H. Apes > Australopithecus > Homo
Sapiens > Homo Erectus> Homo Habilis
30. Which among the following factors keeps
Pacific waters to mix with the Atlantic?
A. Density
B. Temperature
C. Salinity
D. All of the above factors.