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Earth Science/ Geography or Geology is the subject that deals with the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be 'to describe or write about the Earth'. The...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 241 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025
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Sample QuestionWhat sort of map uses colour shading?
In tropical areas like the Caribbean, huge tropical storms called hurricanes (the same as typhoons in the Pacific Ocean or cyclones in the Indian Ocean) cause huge amounts of damage when they reach land. They bring winds of well...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 258 | Last updated: Oct 24, 2024
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Sample QuestionThe HIV virus can lead to which disease?
A natural resource is a material or source of energy that is supplied by nature. Unfortunately, obtaining and using these natural resources can be very destructive to the environment e.g. mining in rainforests. Let's look at...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 616 | Last updated: Nov 13, 2024
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Sample QuestionWhich of these is not a biomass fuel?
The Earth's crust is unstable, especially at the edges of tectonic plates. You are expected to know how these plate boundaries are distributed around the world and the key features of each type of boundary,...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 217 | Last updated: Oct 22, 2024
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Sample QuestionWhich of the following statements is NOT correct?
Granite is an igneous rock that underlies a lot of highland Scotland and the south-west peninsula of England (Devon and Cornwall). Dartmoor is a good example of a typical granite landscape. Exposures of granite are the tops...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 199 | Last updated: Oct 22, 2024
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Sample QuestionClay is:
By now, you will no doubt have learned that volcanoes occur in narrow belts in certain areas of the world. These belts also suffer earthquakes, and they mark out the areas where the Earth's tectonic plates are coming together...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 164 | Last updated: Oct 22, 2024
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Sample QuestionMauna Loa, an active volcano of the Hawaiian islands, erupted in 1984. The nearest town is Hilo which is 50 km away. Hilo was not evacuated during the eruption. Why not?
In the past 150 years half the topsoil on the planet has been lost. In addition compaction, loss of soil structure, loss of nutrients and an increase of salinity are damaging other parts of soil, destroying its ecosystems and the...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 193 | Last updated: Oct 22, 2024
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Sample QuestionOn many islands and in some nature reserves, goats are being removed and banned. How does removing goats and similar grazing animals reduce soil erosion?
The Earth has a layered structure, the part on which we live is called the crust. It is made from solid rocks which are covered in many places by soil. Soil is created from the weathering and erosion of the rocks, so the...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 166 | Last updated: Oct 22, 2024
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Sample QuestionWhich one of these describes a metamorphic rock?
Explore the mysteries of Earth and space in the Ultimate Quiz on Earth And Space Science! Trivia Facts. Test your knowledge on Lagrange points, SETI signals, and the Encephalization Quotient. Ideal for learners keen on...
Questions: 36 | Attempts: 406 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample QuestionA Lagrange point in the Earth-Moon system is a position
From mountains to sands, shape, composition and more. Answer these questions on the science of the planet mankind inhabits and the phenomenons associated with it. Earth science is the study of our planets physical characteristics...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 219 | Last updated: Mar 19, 2023
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Sample QuestionEarth is the only planet in the solar system with ______
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