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

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

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

extracted profitably. 
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a.

others

b.

identified
c.

undiscovered

d.

reserves

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

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a.

ocean 

b.

estuary 

c.

river

d.

lake

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The following are definitions of a mineral, except ______________. 

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a.

homogeneous

b.

fluid

c.

naturally-occurring

d.
inorganic

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

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1,000,000
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100,000

c.

10,000

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100

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How old is the solar system?

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5.5 billion years old

b.

4.6 billion years old

c.

3.4 billion years old

d.

5.6 billion years old

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

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a.

Nebular Hypothesis

b.

Big Bang Theory

c.

Protoplanetary Hypothesis

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Steady State Theory

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

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a.

Cicero

b.

George Lemaitre

c.

Aristotle

d.

Galileo Galilei 

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

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Big Bang

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Nebular

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Interstellar

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The age of the universe is ____________.

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13.8 thousand years old

b.

13.8 billion years old

c.

18.3 billion years old

d.

13.8 million years old

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Betelgeuse and Rigel are two of the brightest stars of Orion's Belt.
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A region with similar plants, animals, terrain, and climate is called _______________. 
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biosphere

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biome

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ecosystem

d.

community

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The process of breaking down of rocks by means of water, ice, wind, plants, and animals is
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The following are terrestrial planet, except ____________________. 

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a.

Mars

b.

Earth

c.

Jupiter

d.

Mercury 

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

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air

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life

c.

ground

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water

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Domestic waste is a special type of waste. 

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

Singularity

b.

Cosmic Microwave Background

c.

Steady State

d.
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The processes of evaporation and transpiration is also called transpoevaporation. 

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A body of flowing water moving towards the sea. 

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a.

ocean 

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estuary

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river
d.

lake 

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"Geo" came from the Greek word ____________. 

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life

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water

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air

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ground

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All sedimentary rocks contain fossils.

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A type of mining where only shallow deposits are removed. 

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surface mining

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open-pit mining

c.

strip mining

d.

subsurface mining

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The hardest mineral is ________________. 

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a.

topaz

b.

diamond

c.

talc

d.

corundum 

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

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a.

nuclear

b.

solar
c.

hydroelectric

d.

geothermal

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There are four types of igneous rock.

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

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mesosphere

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stratosphere

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thermosphere

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Metamorphic rocks are those that have been transformed by pressure and heat but that has not
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Most of the pores in the vadose zone are filled with air, rather than water.
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"Hydro" is a Greek term which means ___________________. 

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ground

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life
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water

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

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metamorphic

b.

mineral

c.

igneous

d.

sedimentary

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

Socrates

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Plato

c.

Aristotle

d.

Cicero

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

b.

euhedral

c.
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d.

polymorphs

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Paleontology is the study of fossils.

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

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a.

hydroelectric

b.

nuclear
c.

solar

d.

geothermal 

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

Francesco Redi

b.

Arno Penzias

c.

Georges Lemaitre

d.

Robert Wilson

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A large, slowly moving, sheet of ice. 

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a.

ice berg

b.

snow

c.

permafrost

d.

glacier

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What is the study of minerals called?

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hydrology
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limnology 

c.

geology

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mineralogy

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The following are types of biome, except ________________. 

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a.
desert

b.

grassland

c.

pond

d.

rain forest

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Parent material can be found in the C horizon.

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Solid or as paste that once deposited in a landfill do not undergo significantly physical-
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"Bio" is a Greek word which means _________________. 

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life

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water

c.

ground

d.

air

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

sedimentary

b.

igneous

c.

polymorphic

d.
Metamorphic

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Extreme heat and ________________ is needed for metamorphism to occur. 

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a.

pressure

b.

erosion agent

c.

water supply

d.

weather condition

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Rich in minerals that leached (moved down) from the A or E horizons and accumulated in
Horizon O. 
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A process of preserving the remains or traces of a dead organism. 

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a.

plate tectonic

b.

metamorphism

c.

compaction

d.

fossilization 

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Aquifers are areas of permeable rock that hold water.

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

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35%

b.

97%

c.

71%

d.

50%

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