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

actually melted.

True

There are four types of igneous rock.

True
A large, slowly moving, sheet of ice. 

Glacier
Aquifers are areas of permeable rock that hold water.

True

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

Cicero

The Milky Way Galaxy is how many light-years across

100,000

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

Cosmic Microwave Background

Paleontology is the study of fossils.

True

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

hydroelectric

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

True

All sedimentary rocks contain fossils.

True

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

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

True

How old is the solar system?

4.6 billion years old

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

air

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

True

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

Geothermal

A large body of water surrounded by land is called ____________

lake

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

Fossilization

He proposed that the universe began from a single primordial atom

George Lemaitre

The following are types of biome, except ________________.

Pond

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

extracted profitably.

reserves

Parent material can be found in the C horizon

True
The following are definitions of a mineral, except ______________. 

Fluid

A type of mining where only shallow deposits are removed. 

surface mining

"Bio" is a Greek word which means _________________. 

life

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.

True

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

Francesco Redi

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

True

The processes of evaporation and transpiration is also called transpoevaporation. 

false

Domestic waste is a special type of waste

False

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

71%

"Hydro" is a Greek term which means ___________________. 

water

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

True
Extreme heat and ________________ is needed for metamorphism to occu

Pressure

The following are terrestrial planet, except ____________________. 

Jupiter

The theory that explains an expanding universe is the ______________ theor

Big Bang

A body of flowing water moving towards the sea. 

River

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

Big Bang Theory

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

igneous

"Geo" came from the Greek word ____________. 

Ground

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

biome

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

polymorphs

The age of the universe is ____________.

13.8 billion years old

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

mineral

What is the study of minerals called?

mineralogy

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

False

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

True

The hardest mineral is ________________. 

diamond

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

True