The different type of rocks are the following, except ________________.

Select one:

a. sedimentary

b. igneous

c. metamorphic

d. mineral

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 2

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The discovery of this by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson led to the thought that the universe started as a
tiny, hot, and dense state.

Select one:

a. Steady State

b. Cosmic Microwave Background

c. Singularity

d. Big Bang

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 3

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The hardest mineral is ________________.

Select one:

a. corundum

b. talc

c diamond

d. topaz

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 4

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

A process of preserving the remains or traces of a dead organism.

Select one:

a. plate tectonic

b. metamorphism

c. compaction

d. fossilization

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 5

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

A large, slowly moving, sheet of ice.

Select one:

a. permafrost

b. ice berg

c. glacier

d. snow

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 6

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The Milky Way Galaxy is how many light-years across?

Select one:

a. 1,000,000

b. 10,000

c. 100

d. 100,000

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 7

Correct
Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Parent material can be found in the C horizon.

Select one:

True

False

Question 8

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Amber is the fossilized remains of tree sap millions of years ago.

Select one:

True

False

Question 9

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

A body of flowing water moving towards the sea.

Select one:

a. river
b. estuary

c. ocean

d. lake

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 10

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Domestic waste is a special type of waste.

Select one:

True

False

Question 11

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

There are four types of igneous rock.

Select one:

True

False

Question 12

Correct
Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Aquifers are areas of permeable rock that hold water.

Select one:

True

False

Question 13

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

This rock forms when either magma or lava cools down and turns from liquid to solid.

Select one:

a. igneous

b. Metamorphic

c. sedimentary

d. polymorphic

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 14

Incorrect

Mark 0.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text
The following are definitions of a mineral, except ______________.

Select one:

a. homogeneous

b. fluid

c. inorganic

d. naturally-occurring

Feedback

Your answer is incorrect.

Question 15

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

A region with similar plants, animals, terrain, and climate is called _______________.

Select one:

a. ecosystem

b. biome

c. biosphere

d. community

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 16

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

"Hydro" is a Greek term which means ___________________.

Select one:

a. water

b. air

c. ground

d. life

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 17

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The Milky Way Galaxy is about 100,000 light-years wide.

Select one:

True

False

Question 18

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

A type of mining where only shallow deposits are removed.

Select one:
a. open-pit mining

b. surface mining

c. subsurface mining

d. strip mining

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 19

Incorrect

Mark 0.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

All sedimentary rocks contain fossils.

Select one:

True

False

Question 20

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The following scientists are believers of the Big Bang Theory, except ____________.

Select one:

a. Arno Penzias

b. Francesco Redi

c. Georges Lemaitre
d. Robert Wilson

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 21

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

How old is the solar system?

Select one:

a. 4.6 billion years old

b. 3.4 billion years old

c. 5.6 billion years old

d. 5.5 billion years old

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 22

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

"Atmos" came from the Greek word which means _____________.

Select one:

a. water

b. life
c. air

d. ground

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 23

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

What is the study of minerals called?

Select one:

a. limnology

b. hydrology

c. geology

d. mineralogy

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 24

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

"Bio" is a Greek word which means _________________.

Select one:

a. ground
b. air

c. life

d. water

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 25

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Two minerals that have the same composition but different crystal form.

Select one:

a. anhedral

b. dicrystal

c. polymorphs

d. euhedral

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 26

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Saltwater is abundant in the surface of the planet and is not directly useful for potable purposes.

Select one:

True
False

Question 27

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

This type of power taps Earth's internal heat to produce electricity.

Select one:

a. solar

b. geothermal

c. hydroelectric

d. nuclear

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 28

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

A classification of a nonrenewable mineral resource that is identified resource that can be extracted
profitably.

Select one:

a. reserves

b. undiscovered

c. others

d. identified

Feedback
Your answer is correct.

Question 29

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The processes of evaporation and transpiration is also called transpoevaporation.

Select one:

True

False

Question 30

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Horizon R or bedrock is a mass of rock such as granite, basalt, quartzite, limestone or sandstone that
forms the parent material for some soils – if the bedrock is close enough to the surface to weather.

Select one:

True

False

Question 31

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

This level of the atmosphere comprises 80% of the gas on Earth and where weather patterns take place.
Select one:

a. stratosphere

b. mesosphere

c. thermosphere

d. troposphere

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 32

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The word 'universe' is derived from the Latin word 'Universum' which was used by the Roman statesman
named __________________.

Select one:

a. Socrates

b. Cicero

c. Plato

d. Aristotle

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 33

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text
Most of the pores in the vadose zone are filled with air, rather than water.

Select one:

True

False

Question 34

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

"Geo" came from the Greek word ____________.

Select one:

a. life

b. air

c. ground

d. water

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 35

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The following are types of biome, except ________________.

Select one:
a. pond

b. rain forest

c. desert

d. grassland

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 36

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

He proposed that the universe began from a single primordial atom.

Select one:

a. Cicero

b. Aristotle

c. George Lemaitre

d. Galileo Galilei

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 37

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

A large body of water surrounded by land is called ____________.

Select one:

a. lake

b. estuary

c. ocean

d. river

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 38

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The earth's water is how many percents of the earth's surface?

Select one:

a. 50%

b. 35%

c. 97%

d. 71%

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 39

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The process of breaking down of rocks by means of water, ice, wind, plants, and animals is called
weathering.
Select one:

True

False

Question 40

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Solid or as paste that once deposited in a landfill do not undergo significantly physical-chemical or
biological transformations is called inert waste.

Select one:

True

False

Question 41

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The following are terrestrial planet, except ____________________.

Select one:

a. Earth

b. Mercury

c. Jupiter

d. Mars

Feedback
Your answer is correct.

Question 42

Incorrect

Mark 0.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Rich in minerals that leached (moved down) from the A or E horizons and accumulated in Horizon O.

Select one:

True

False

Question 43

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Betelgeuse and Rigel are two of the brightest stars of Orion's Belt.

Select one:

True

False

Question 44

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Paleontology is the study of fossils.

Select one:

True

False

Question 45

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The age of the universe is ____________.

Select one:

a. 13.8 million years old

b. 18.3 billion years old

c. 13.8 billion years old

d. 13.8 thousand years old

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 46

Incorrect

Mark 0.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

The theory that explains an expanding universe is the ______________ theory.

Select one:

a. Steady State
b. Interstellar

c. Big Bang

d. Nebular

Feedback

Your answer is incorrect.

Question 47

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Metamorphic rocks are those that have been transformed by pressure and heat but that has not actually
melted.

Select one:

True

False

Question 48

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

This type of power plants uses moving water to generate electricity.

Select one:

a. geothermal

b. hydroelectric

c. solar

d. nuclear

Feedback
Your answer is correct.

Question 49

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

Extreme heat and ________________ is needed for metamorphism to occur.

Select one:

a. water supply

b. erosion agent

c. pressure

d. weather condition

Feedback

Your answer is correct.

Question 50

Correct

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Not flaggedFlag question

Question text

It is the best-supported theory on the origin of the universe.

Select one:

a. Steady State Theory

b. Big Bang Theory

c. Nebular Hypothesis

d. Protoplanetary Hypothesis