PRELIMINARY EXAM

EARTH SCIENCE
REVIEWER
1) THE THEORY STATED THAT OUR UNIVERSE IS MADE
BY A POWERFUL BEING.

• A) CREATIONISM
• B) THE BIG BANG THEORY
• C) THE STEADY STATE THEORY
• D) THE OSCILLATING THEORY
 THE BRANCH OF SCIENCE THAT STUDIES THE ORIGIN
OF THE UNIVERSE.

• A) COSMETICS
• B) COSMOLOGY
• C) BIOLOGY
• D) GEOLOGY
 THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE STEADY –STATE THEORY.
EXCEPT

• A) HERMAN BONDI
• B) GEORGES LEMAITRE
• C) FRED HOYLE
• D) THOMAS GOLD
 THE GREEK WORD FOR UNIVERSE.

• A) PRIMORDIAL
• B) COSMOS
• C) GEO
• D) HYDRO
 IT STATES THAT OUR UNIVERSE IS CONTINUOUSLY
EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING.
• A) CREATIONISM
• B) THE BIG BANG THEORY
• C) THE STEADY STATE THEORY
• D) THE OSCILLATING THEORY
 IT MADE UP OF MINERALS

• A) ROCKS
• B) ELEMENTS
• C) CHEMICALS
• D) ORGANIC
 THE TENDENCY OF MINERALS TO BREAK ALONG A
PARTICULAR DIRECTION.

• A) LUSTER
• B) HARDNESS
• C) STREAK
• D) CLEAVAGE
 THE PROPERTY OF LIGHT TO REFLECT LIGHT IN
ROCKS.
• A) LUSTER
• B) HARDNESS
• C) STREAK
• D) CLEAVAGE
 THE COLOR OF THE MINERALS IN POWDERED FORM.

• A) LUSTER
• B) HARDNESS
• C) STREAK
• D) CLEAVAGE
 ARE NATURALLY OCCURRING, INORGANIC, AND
HOMOGENOUS SOLIDS WITH DEFINITE CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION AND CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE.
• A) ROCKS
• B) ELEMENTS
• C) CHEMICALS
• D) ORGANIC
 IT IS USED AS FUEL AND AS A PETROL ADDITIVE TO
INCREASE OCTANE AND LOWER CARBON EMISSION.
• A) BIOETHANOL
• B) BIOMASS
• C) GEOTHERMAL
• D) HYDROTHERMAL
 ENERGY THAT CAME FROM THE HEAT WITHIN THE
EARTH.

• A) BIOETHANOL
• B) BIOMASS
• C) GEOTHERMAL
• D) HYDROTHERMAL
 THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING HEAT OR ENERGY
FROM A LARGE BODY OF WATER.

• A) BIOETHANOL
• B) BIOMASS
• C) GEOTHERMAL
• D) HYDROTHERMAL
 ENERGY RELEASED FROM ORGANIC MATERIALS.

• A) BIOETHANOL
• B) BIOMASS
• C) GEOTHERMAL
• D) HYDROTHERMAL
 ENERGY THAT CAME FROM THE SUN.

• A) HYDROTHERMAL
• B) SOLAR ENERGY
• C) FOSSIL FUEL
• D) THERMAL ENERGY