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Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 23mins

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Class
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1.

It is the accumulation of particles into a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter.

a)

accretion

b)

radiation

2.

It is an imaginary line about which a body rotates.

a)

grid

b)

axis

3.

This is the amount it takes for Earth to turn on its axis

a)

solar day

b)

sidereal day

4.

These are naturally-occurring aggregates or combinations of minerals and mineraloids such as fossils and glass.

a)

rocks

b)

soil

5.

Known as the building blocks of rocks

a)

minerals

b)

heat

6.

It is a distinct smell of a mineral that is usually released from a chemical reaction.

a)

luster

b)

streak

c)

odor

d)

color

7.

It refers to the quality of light on the surface of a rock, crystal, or mineral.

a)

luster

b)

streak

c)

odor

d)

color

8.

It is the general term applied to the combined action of all physical and chemical processes that disintegrate and decompose rocks near Earth’s surface through the elements of weather.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

mass wasting

d)

exfoliation

9.

It refers to the downslope movement of rock, regolith, and soil because of gravity.

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

mass wsting

d)

exfoliation

10.

It is a modified version of the nebular hypothesis.

a)

Big bang theory

b)

Oscillating universe theory

c)

Protoplanet theory

d)

Creationist theory

11.

It is type of weathering causes the formation of stalactites and stalagmites

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12.

It is type of physical weathering causes stripping of the outer layers of rocks       

due to intense heating?                   

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13.

It is the important phenomenon needed by plants to carry on with photosynthesis

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14.

It describes the universe as an oscillating universe in which a cosmic egg

    “Brahmanda”, containing the whole universe.

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15.

He outlined the model of the universe based on Newton’s static, infinite

    universe.

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16.

He believed that the universe was static –neither expanding nor contracting.                   

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