EARTH SCIENCE QUESTIONS FOR QUIZ BEE

1. Proposed that the planets formed gradually and naturally as the sun formed. EVOLUTIONARY HYPOTHESES
2. Who invented the Telescope? GALILEO GALILEI
3. The most massive and the densities like rock or metal. TERRESTRIAL PLANETS
4. It is a measure of the amount of matter in the object. MASS
5. Consists of the solid Earth land forms, minerals, rocks and soils. LITHOSPHERE
6. It is usually a description of nature that has been thoroughly and successfully tested. THEORY
7. The study of relationship between organism and their environment, the branch of biology. ECOLOGY
8. It is a statement about nature that needs further testing. HYPOTHESIS
9. The largest of Earth’s interior cones with a thickness of approximately 2885 kms. and representing nearly two third
of Earth’s mass. MANTLE
10. The branch of science that studies the origin, evolution and fate of the universe. COSMOLOGY
11. A consolidated aggregate of various types of minerals or a consolidated aggregate of multiple individual pieces of
the same kind of mineral. ROCKS
12. The gravitationally bound system comprising the sun and the objects that orbit around it either directly or indirectly.
SOLAR SYSTEM
13. Lithify from the remains of organisms both plants and animals. ORGANIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
14. It is supposing that planets form in the rotating disks of gas and dust around young stars. SOLAR NEBULA THEORY
15. Also called plutonic rocks. INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK
16. Sometimes called minor planets, it is a small rocky world. ASTEROIDS
17. Earths innermost section, it contains one third of Earth’s mass and has a radius of about 3360 km which is larger
than the planet mars. CORE
18. It is a fundamental principle in which scientists have great confidence. NATURAL LAW
19. Refers to the streak of light in the sky. METEOR
20. It is fiery passage to Earth’s surface. METEORITE
21. The fracture surface where compression pushes a mass of rock along a low-angle fault. THRUST FAULT
22. The kinetic energy from blowing winds can be captured and converted to electrical energy by devices. WIND
TURBINES
23. This versatile fuel has a medium net energy and is widely used for cooking, heating and industrial purposes.
NATURAL GAS
24. A solid fossil fuel formed from the remains of land plants that were buried and exposed to intense heat and
pressure. COAL
25. Water that contains very low level of dissolve water. FRESH WATER
26. The fresh water from rain and melted snow that flows or it stored in lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, streams and rivers.
SURFACE WATER
27. A structure built across a river to control to flow. DAM
28. Also known as concentrated solar power (CSP). SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEM
29. Means reducing or eliminating the unnecessary wasting of energy. ENERGY CONSERVATION
30. Also known as “mechanical weathering”, disintegrates rocks, breaking larger blocks or outcrops of rock into smaller
clasts. PHYSICAL WEATHERING
31. A major subfield of physical geography devoted to the scientific study of landforms. GEOMORPHOLOGY
32. Pull parts of the crust away from each other. TENSIONAL TECTONIC FORCES
33. Ground motions of Earth caused when accumulating tectonic stress is relieved by the sudden displacement of rocks
along a fault. EARTHQUAKES
34. Soil development begins when plants and animals colonize rock or deposits of rock fragments which soil will form.
PARENT MATERIAL
35. A soil forming regime that occurs in humid tropical and subtropical climates as a result of high temperatures and
abundant precipitation. LATERIZATION
36. Layers of erupted rock matter that poured or oozed over the landscape when they were molten. LAVA FLOWS
37. Any technology that uses the kinetic energy of falling water to produce electricity. HYDROPOWER
38. The sun produces it energy, which sustains life on earth through the nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms. HYDROGEN
39. A flood happens when fresh water in a stream overflow its normal channel and pills into the adjacent area.FLOOD
PLAIN
40. The smallest type of volcano, typically only a couple of hundred meters high. CINDER CONE
41. Rotational slides where earth-a thick block of fine-grained material- moves along a concave, curved surface. SLUMPS
42. Occurs in poorly drained areas under cold and wet environment conditions. GLEIZATION
43. Organic matter used as a fuel, especially in a power station for the generation of electricity. BIOMASS
44. Refers to the slow, subsurface cooling of magma into various types of intrusive igneous rock masses. PLUTONISM
45. The fresh in the underground spaces, key components of the earth’s natural capital. GROUND WATER
46. Universe is a large unimaginable expanse of gas, stars dust clouds and consists of planets and galaxy.
47. Comets may remain visible in the evening or morning sky for weeks as it moves through the inner Solar system.
48. Feedback is an adjustment in one part of a system in response to a change their occurred in other part
49. Asthenosphere is a 180 km thick layer of the upper mantle that responds to stress by deforming and flowing slowly
rather than by fracturing.
50. Ecosystem refers to a community of organisms and the relationships of those organisms to one another and to their
environment.
51. Hydrosphere which includes the waters of Earth, such as the ocean, lakes, rivers, glaciers, and water in the soil,
atmosphere, and organisms.
52. Subsystems a system as composed of multiple which are functioning units within a system that demonstrate strong
internal connections.
53. Pictorial and graphic models include pictures, maps, graphs, diagrams, and drawings.
54. Negative Feedback works to offset or counteract the original change, thus it tends to maintain equilibrium in the
system.
55. Open systems allow inputs and outputs across their boundaries.
56. Reservoir is an artificial lake behind the dam.
57. Steel is an essential material used in buildings, machinery, and motor vehicles.
58. Passive Solar Heating System is a system absorbs and stores heat from the sun directly within a well-insulated air
light structure.
59. Endogenic Processes is an originate at Earth’s surface, tend to decrease relief.
60. Residual Parent Material are these weathered rock particles have accumulated in place-through the physical and
chemical breakdown of bedrock directly beneath the soil.
61. Fresh water is a water that contains very low level of dissolve water.
62. Surface runoff is a precipitation that does not soak into the ground or returns to the atmosphere by evaporation.
63. Plate Divergence is the pulling apart of lithospheric plates.
64. Wind farm is a group of wind turbines transmit electrical energy to electrical grids.
65. Gold is a component of electrical equipment, tooth filings, jewelry, coins and some medical implies.
66. Shield Volcano are they may eventually pile up into the shape of a large mountain which resembles a giant knight’s
shield resting on Earth’s surface.
67. Anticlines is the up folds.