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Grade 10 Environmental Science
What do you call the act of leaving one's own country to permanently live in another country?
  1. immigration
  2. emigration
  3. demography
  4. migration
Grade 10 Atmosphere
Which process was largely responsible for today's atmospheric concentration of free oxygen?
  1. volcanism
  2. convection
  3. weathering
  4. photosynthesis
Grade 10 Atmosphere

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All of the following are climate zones of Earth EXCEPT which one?
  1. Polar zone
  2. Rainforest zone
  3. Tropical zone
  4. Temperate zone
Grade 10 Tectonics
To determine the epicentral distance, scientists consider the arrival times of which wave types?
  1. surface waves and S-waves
  2. surface waves and P-waves
  3. P-waves and S-waves
  4. none of the above
Grade 10 Minerals
Diamond is an example of a mineral classified as a                .
  1. silicate.
  2. carbonate.
  3. phosphate.
  4. native element.
Grade 10 Earth's Layers
The boundary between the crust and the mantle is the                           .
  1. Gutenberg discontinuity.
  2. Mohorovicic discontinuity.
  3. Anticline discontinuity.
  4. Syncline discontinuity.
Grade 10 Atmosphere
What is the correct order of the atmospheric layers from bottom to top?
  1. Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Troposphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
  2. Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
  3. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
  4. Troposphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
Grade 10 Oceanography and Hydrology
The characteristic flat top of a guyot seamount is caused by what?
  1. sudden volcanic eruptions.
  2. glaciers gouging the tops.
  3. changing sea level and erosion.
Grade 10 Atmosphere
What is the highest layer of the atmosphere?
  1. Stratosphere
  2. Mesosphere
  3. Thermosphere
  4. Exosphere
Grade 10 Atmosphere
Hurricanes only form over                 .
  1. Warm water
  2. Cold water
  3. Warm Land
  4. Neither of these
Grade 10 Oceanography and Hydrology
                is the study of Earth's oceans.
  1. Hydrology
  2. Topography
  3. Psychology
  4. Oceanography
Grade 10 Rocks
Which rock would be most likely to contain a fossil?
  1. igneous
  2. sedimentary
  3. volcanic
  4. metamorphic
  5. topsoil
Grade 10 Environmental Science

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Non-renewable resources are resources that
  1. do not come back when they are gone.
  2. are easily replaced.
  3. come back year after year.
  4. all of the above
Grade 10 Atmosphere

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Which correctly orders the layers of the atmosphere A - E?
  1. stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, exosphere, thermosphere
  2. troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
  3. stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere, exosphere, thermosphere
  4. troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
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