lOMoARcPSD|20221991 527060270 ESCI 2111 2012 S Earth Science 1 ab economics (AMA Computer University) Studocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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: Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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. Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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: Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 ____________. Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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. Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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. Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com) lOMoARcPSD|20221991 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 Downloaded by Samantha Yszabelle Carlos (yszxbellecarlos@gmail.com)
