As an Optional Trigger, the destruction must be the last thing to happen. If it is destroyed, but something else 'happens' (a summon, a resolution, etc) before it gets chance to activate, then it has 'missed the timing' and is not allowed to activate at all.
Destroying a monster does not flip it. But if a monster is flipped face-up when attacked, and considered destroyed by battle, then the flip effect will still activate.
No, flip effect activate when the card is flipped, which will be by Flip Summon, or being attacked, or flipped by an effect. Simply being destroyed while face down, will not 'flip' the monster.
No part of Zubaba Knight negates effects but since it destroys the monster at the start of the Damage Step it might mean that some monster effects would be unable to activate. Monsters which trigger when destroyed by battle will not activate because they were destroyed by an effect. Many monsters with effects that happen during or after Damage Calculation will never activate because the damage step will end as soon as it starts.
If you mean, is it destroyed when it 'levels up', then no. It is simply 'sent to the graveyard', it is not a 'destroy' effect and cards that look for or trigger from something being destroyed, will not activate.
During battle, Needle Worm gets flipped before it gets destroyed. Because of the that, Verdant Sanctuary will activate after Needle Worm uses its effect and then gets destroyed.
Yes they do, as they activate their effect when they are destroyed and sent to the graveyard.
Raging Earth only triggers when destroyed 'by battle', meaning it has to be considered destroyed by the comparison between its ATK or DEF against a stonger monster. Being destroyed by an effect, is not the same thing, even if that effect is activated during the battle phase. Since in this case Raging Earth is destroyed by a triggered effect and not by battle, its own effect won't activate.
No. The only time it flips in being destroyed is when it is attacked by a monster. The flip effect will only work if the monster says "FLIP" in all caps and does not say if it is destroyed in battle that its Effect will activate.
No it does not activate, Neos Wiseman will be sent to the graveyard before it's effect can activate. So you won't receive any Life Points, nor will your opponement lose any.
Yes and no; Zenmaines' effect is optional, so you can choose whether or not to have it destroyed.
Soul RopeTRAP/NormalActivate only by paying 1000 Life Points when a monster you control is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard. Special Summon 1 Level 4 monster from your Deck.Soul Rope is activated when a monster is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard. This means that you can activate it when a monster you control is destroyed by battle or by another card effect. You cannot activate Soul Rope if the monster was destroyed during the Damage Step via a card effect such as a Defense Position Berserk Gorilla because the timing would not be correct. You also cannot activate this card if there is an effect that prevents your monster from being sent to the Graveyard (ie. D.D. Warrior or Macro Cosmos).
Flip effects will activate if flipped manually by Flip Summon, or when attacked. Also must include "FLIP" in all caps for its effect to activate, or say 'when this card is turned face-up'. For example if a monster such as Guardian Sphinx is flipped face up by an attack or an effect (spell, trap or monster), the effect does not activate, because only a Flip Summon triggers it, not a generic flip. When a card effect destroys a face-down monster, the monster is destroyed and flip effect isn't activated because the monster never flips. Mystic Swordsman Lvl. 4 destroys the monster it attacks without flipping it, so a Flip Effect monster attacked by it will not get its flip effect. To summarize, if a FLIP effect monster is attacked while face down, then it will activate. But if it's destroyed by a card effect while face down then it won't activate. Some card effects let you flip monsters face up and let the flip effect activate, like book of taiyou. But others, like ceasefire don't let it activate. If it says 'when this card is flipped face up' then you have to do that manually on your own turn.