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Grade 10 Environmental Science
Natural material that can be replaced relatively quickly through natural processes is known as
  1. agriculture.
  2. nonrenewable resources.
  3. ecology.
  4. renewable resources.
Grade 10 Oceanography and Hydrology
The theory of                    states that new ocean crust is formed at ocean ridges and destroyed at deep-sea trenches.
  1. seafloor spreading
  2. tectonic plates
  3. Pangaea
  4. continental drift
Grade 10 Oceanography and Hydrology
When are Estuaries formed?
  1. river water and seawater meet.
  2. river water and pond water meet.
  3. pond water and seawater meet.
  4. pond water and swamp water meet.
Grade 10 Tectonics
At what tectonic plate boundary do plates slide horizontally past each other?
  1. divergent boundary
  2. transform boundary
  3. continental-continental boundary
  4. oceanic-oceanic boundary
Grade 10 Tectonics
What is the ‘driving force’ behind plate tectonics that causes it to happen?
  1. gravity
  2. plates floating on the ocean
  3. convection currents
  4. earthquakes
Grade 10 Tectonics
What is the order in which seismic waves are recorded by a seismometer?
  1. S-wave, P-wave, surface wave
  2. surface wave, P-wave, S-wave
  3. P-wave, S-wave, surface wave
  4. S-wave, surface wave, P-wave
Grade 10 Environmental Science
Which is NOT one of the ways that infectious diseases are spread?
  1. land
  2. human contact
  3. food/water
  4. animals
Grade 10 Oceanography and Hydrology
A                  is a moderate tide that occurs when the Sun and the Moon are at right angles.
  1. neap tide
  2. spring tide
  3. diurnal tide
  4. semidiurnal tide
Grade 10 Atmosphere
Ozone is concentrated in the                .
  1. troposphere.
  2. mesosphere.
  3. ionosphere.
  4. stratosphere.
Grade 10 Earth's Layers
This lies under the lithosphere, and it is made of mantle rock.
  1. lower mantle
  2. outer core
  3. asthenosphere
  4. magma
Grade 10 Atmosphere
The radiation that Earth receives from the Sun
  1. is affected by Earth’s motions.
  2. heats Earth.
  3. is affected by variations in Earth’s surface.
  4. all of the above.
Grade 10 Environmental Science
A higher grade coal produces more heat and                .
  1. more pollution
  2. less pollution
  3. clouds
  4. money
Grade 10 Rocks
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
  1. Molten material from volcanos cools down and solidifies.
  2. Sediments are accumulated deposited, and cemented at the bottom of the water bodies.
  3. The slow cooling of minerals underneath the Earth.
  4. Pre-existing rocks go through chemical and physical changes due to heat and pressure.
Grade 10 Environmental Science
Natural gas is also called                .
  1. crude oil
  2. coal
  3. methane
  4. petroleum
Grade 10 Historical Geology
Which of the following is the correct order of the three recent geologic eras from oldest to the most recent?
  1. Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Cenozoic
  2. Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Mesozoic
  3. Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Paleozoic
  4. Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
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