REVIEWER IN EARTH SCIENCE

(FOR FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION)

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Big Crunch- It is the mirror reverse of the big bang wherein Hydrosphere
the amount of gravitational force in the universe is strong  has a depth of 3000 meters
enough to bring the currently expanding universe to an end. Geosphere
 has a depth of 6,367.318 kilometers
Encounter Hypothesis- a rogue star passes close to the Silicate Class
Sun about 5 billion years ago.  Example: Muscovite
Sulphate Class
Ultramafic Rocks- It is the chemical category of igneous  Example: Celestite
rocks that have extremely low silica content or less than Types of Volcanic Rocks
45%.  Andesite
 Basalt
Strip Mining- This process of surface mining involves the  Rhyolite
method of extracting the mineral by removing soil and rock Common rock-forming minerals and are used as
which are deposited on the surface. important tools in classifying rock
 Quartz
Tailings- It is the waste product from the flotation process
 Feldspar
that are usually pumped downhill into impoundments.
 Mica
Desalination- It is an artificial process by which saline water Renewable Energy
(generally sea water) is converted to fresh water.  Promotion of renewable energy helps reduce
global greenhouse gas emissions.
Water conservation and management- It includes all the Desalination
policies, strategies and activities made to manage fresh  process in which salt and other constituents are
water as a sustainable resource, to protect the water removed to produce pure water.
environment, and to meet current and future human Water Conservation
demand.  includes all the policies, strategies and activities to
sustainably manage the natural resource of fresh
Reactive- It is the term used to describe hazardous type water to meet the current and future human
waste that can easily explode. demand.
Hot gas expands, not contracts - is the major reason why Kinds of Geothermal Resources
the Encounter theory is difficult to accept  Magma
To access different levels of a vertical ore deposit- the  Hot dry rock
reasons why sub-level mining is used.  Geopressured
Reactive
Orimulsion is a fuel derived from the bitumen that occurs  Hazardous waste that can easily explode.
naturally in large reserves in the 700 km long Orinoco oil belt Columns
in Venezuela.  Room and pillar
Abrasion, corrosion and impurities in steam- the reasons Backfill
why the first attempt to develop geothermal power in the  Cut and Fill
United States failed. Waste rock
Emission of methane- is the primary reason that should be  Overburden
considered before building a hydropower plant along rivers. Smelting
 Flux
The natural steam is piped directly from a geothermal well Dry Steam
is one of the major characteristics of dry steam reservoirs.  Vapor
Binary
Terrestrial Planets  expanded, pressurized liquid
 are smaller, closer to the sun, rotate slower, lack Fresh water
rings and have less moons, overall are denser  example: African Great Lake
(high density), mainly dense iron with silicate. Saline Water
Jovian Planets  example: Caspian Sea
 are larger, further from the sun, rotate faster, have Theories that supports the Origin of the Universe
more moons, have more rings, are less dense  Big Bang
overall and have denser cores.
 Creationist
Protoplanet
 Intelligent Design
 ice-covered dust
Scientists who proposed a theory about the origin of the
Nebular
Solar system
 self-gravity contracts a gas cloud
 Fred Hoyle
Atmosphere
 Georges Comte De Buffon
 involves the earth’s size
 La Place
Moon
 involves the earth’s rotation
Prepared by: Earth Science Teachers ♥