ABM B EALS Questions Flashcards
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It plays a vital role in every living thing such as plants, animals, and us humans.
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Soil
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It is when the “good quality” of our soil disappears. It happens naturally or is caused by human actions.
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Soil Degradation
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These are the animals that dig a tunnel or a hole to seek temporary refuge or a permanent home.
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Burrowing Animals
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TRUE OR FALSE Compost is an organic matter and it’s considered a chemical fertilizer that helps us enrich our soil and our plants.
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False
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All fertilizers are highly effective. TRUE OR FALSE
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FALSE
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TRUE OR FALSE: Plant roots growing on the cracks of the rock is one of the main sources of biological weathering.
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True
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Which factor affects weathering?
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Climate, Composition of rock and The texture of the rock
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Identify the main part of the rock cycle.
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Weathering
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TRUE OR FALSE: Weathering involves moving soil particles and rocks to other places with the action of ice, water, and wind.
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FALSE
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TRUE OR FALSE: Animals digging down is one of the main sources of biological weathering.
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True
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Waste is described as?
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Materials that aren’t used and requires a process to be used again.
12
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Angel’s Burger is an example of a?
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. Solid Waste
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Which statement about solid is true?
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It has a definite volume.
14
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The chemical compound sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃) is an example of a?
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Solid Waste
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A kind of waste that contains infectious materials.
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Biomedical Waste
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Give the chemical composition/formula of carbon dioxide.
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CO₂
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Wastes are generated by processing or manufacturing and service industries.
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Industrial Waste
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.Duality Concept: Smoking
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+Solid, +Gas
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Duality Concept: Spray Paint
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+Solid, +Liquid
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The following are elements found in Human Flatulence, except?
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F₂
21
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Is it any unwanted or unuseful material?
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Waste
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- There are 6 types of waste.
a. TRUE b. FALSE
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FALSE
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Is produced in schools, colleges, shops, and offices.
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Commercial waste
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Can be recycled and can be reused.
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Dry waste
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Air pollution is one example of the effects of waste on our environment.
a. TRUE b. FALSE
TRUE
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It is one of the effects of waste on the environment. It causes more frequent and intense droughts, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and warming oceans that can directly harm animals and destroy their habitat.
Climate Change
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This is a type of waste that decomposes itself over a period of time depending on the material.
Biodegradable Waste
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It is any unwanted or unuseful material.
Waste
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These are the wastes created in factories and industries.
Industrial Waste
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Various wastes produced in the agricultural field.
Agricultural Waste
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1. This is the rubbish, trash, junk, and garbage depending on the type of material or the regional terminology. What is this?
Waste
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2. It is an unwanted or undesired material or substance.
Waste
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The discarded or accumulated, stored, or treated material (physically, chemically, or biologically), prior to being discarded or recycled.
Water
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4. Refers to the numerous plans for handling and getting rid of trash.
Waste Management
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5. The process of reducing the amount of garbage and avoiding potential health and environmental risks.
Waste Management
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6. All are ways to reduce waste at home, EXCEPT…
a. Shop eco-friendly with reusable bags
b. Ditch disposables in the kitchen
c. Make the most out of second-hand items
d. Taking multiple trips to the supermarket
d. Taking multiple trips to the supermarket
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7. All are ways to reduce waste in school, EXCEPT…
a. Always use new items for school projects
b. Eco-friendly lunches
c. Let students get involved
d. Minimize paper waste
a. Always use new items for school projects
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8. All are ways to reduce waste around the community, EXCEPT…
a. Ignore reduced items at the supermarket
b. Use up the items you have on hand
c. Join environmental groups in the community
d. Practice CLAYGO
a. Ignore reduced items at the supermarket
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9. Is it really important to apply waste management properly?
Yes
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10. An importance of waste management is that it…
Preserves the environment
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What is it called when water freezes in cracks and expands ?
Frost Wedging
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What process breaks apart rocks by repeated heating and cooling?
Thermal Expansion and Contraction
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The physical breakdown and chemical alteration of rock at or near the Earth’s surface is what we called?
Weathering
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Rust that form on rocks or metal because of extended exposure to oxygen is what example of chemical weathering?
Oxidation
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The process occurs by which layers of rock gradually break off.
Mechanical Exfoliation
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It happens as wind and water rush over rocks. The rocks become smoother as rough and jagged edges break off.
Abrasion
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Which process is not and example of chemical weathering
A. Splitting of a rock along a fracture
B.Rusting of a nail
C. Breakdown of feldspar to form a clay
D. Dissolution of calcite
Splitting of a rock along a fracture
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They are agents of mechanical weathering
A. Frost Wedging , Abrasion , Mechanical Exfoliation , Thermal Expansion and Contraction
B.Wind , water , temperature , plants and animals , humans
C . Dissolution , Hydrolysis , Oxidation
D. All of the above
8. B
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This occurs when water combines with substances to form a new type of substances which are softer than the original rock type.
Hydrolysis
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Hydro means ________ and Lysis means
Water
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Lysis meansWa
Dissolve
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1.The processes that take place at or near the Earth’s surface.
Exogenic Processes
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2.Is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.
Deposition
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3. Is the movement of rock fragments (sediments), soil, or dissolved matter (which can be nutrients or pollutants) by wind, water, ice, or gravity
Erosion
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4. The breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth
Weathering
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5. Agents of Erosion
Wind, Water, Wave, Ice and Gravity
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6. Which is not an example of erosion by gravity?
Gully
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7. Statement1: Rain carries away bits of soil and slowly washes away rock fragments.
Statement 2: There are 3 primary types of water erosion.
Which of the statements is (are) true?
a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 and 2 is true
Only 1
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8. It is defined as the erosion that occurs when particles scrape against each other.
Abrasion
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9. It carries dust, sand, and volcanic ash from one place to another.
Erosion by wind
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10. It is the sheer force of water crashing against the coastline causing material to be dislodged and carried away by sea.
Hydraulic Action
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1. It is the breaking down of _____ but does not change it's chemical composition?_____
Rocks, Physical Weathering
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2. Events where large amounts of weathered rock material slide down a hillslope or mountain side primarily by gravity related erosion.
Disposition
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3. Slumps are under?__
Mass Wasting
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4. Hydrolysis________
Weathering
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5. Rusting of iron is under?_____
Weathering
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How many layers does the earth's interior composed?
4
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What are the four interior layers of the Earth?
Inner core, outer core, mantle and crust
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What is the outermost layer of earth?
Crust
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Crust is the familiar landscape on which we live which composed of??
Rocks
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What is formed when the two meteorites objects collide?
Heat
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What is the main source of heat inside the earth?
The heat from the decay of radioactive elements
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What is the first main reason why the earth interior is hot?
The heat from when the planet formed
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The temperature of the core reached more than?
- C. 5,000 Degrees Celsius
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How many % of the total heat when the planet formed?
10%
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How many % of the total heat made by decay of radioactive elements?
90%
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1. It is used to determine the rocks using numerical age or radio active decay.
Absolute Dating
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2. It is used to determine which fossil came out first, second, third, etc.
Relative Dating
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3. What are the five principles in determining relative age?
Original horizontality, Superposition, Cross-cutting relationship, Law of faunal succession and Lateral continuity
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4. If sediments are not yet disturbed they maintain;
Original horizontality
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5. It is the largest and heaviest rock layer that settled first at the bottom is the oldest rock layer.
Superposition
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It is a fault or dike- a slab rock that cuts through another rock.
Cross-cutting relationship
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7. It is recognized by William Smith by which rocks may be identified and correlated over long distances.
Law of faunal succession
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8. It is the layers of sediments that are continuous.
Lateral continuity
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9. It has the same number of elements an same number of protons.
Isotopes
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10. It is the time taken for the radioactivity of a specified isotope to turn to half of its original value.
Half- life
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1. A very hot liquid, molten or semi-molten natural material from which igneous rocks are formed and it is found beneath the Earth's surface.
MAGMA
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2. What is magma temperature? *
700° to 1300° celcius
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3. A process beneath the Earth's crust where formation and movement of magma occurs.
MAGMATISM
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4. What are the most abundant elements in magma?
OXYGEN, SILICON
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5. Once the magma reaches the surface, it
is called _____.
LAVA
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6. ______ cools quickly above ground from lava.
EXTRUSIVE ROCKS
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7. ______ cools slowly below ground from magma.
INTRUSIVE ROCKS
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8. ______ has two types to describe what happens after the magma is formed (plutonism and volcanism).
IGNEOUS ROCKS
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9. Intrusive Igneous Rocks are also known as ______.
PLUTONIC ROCKS
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10. Extrusive Igneous Rocks are also known as _____.
VOLCANIC ROCKS
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1. This theory states that all of the continents in the world came from a one large supercontinent
Continental Drift Theory
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2. What is the name of the supercontinent?
Pangea
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3. Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory?
Alfred Wegener
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What is the continent that can fit in the missing piece-like coast line of Africa?
South America
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This two mountain ranges were once connected
.Appalachian and Caledonian
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Where are the two mountain ranges located?
North America and
Ireland
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. What did Alfred Wegener found in Antarctica?
Coal
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What is the name of the fossil of plant that Wegener found in Antarctica?
Glossopteris
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What did Wegener found in the tropical places that can't support glaciers?
Glacial striations
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In continuance of #9, what are this places?
Africa, Asia and Australia
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In continuance of #9, what are this places?
Africa, Asia and Australia
