PRELIMS REVIEW QUIZ

Encompasses the study of all facets of the Earth's physical environment.

Big Crunch occurs when the universe expands and eventually reverses

• Oscillating Universe Theory

• Big Bang Theory

Philosophers’ Views that it was static, dynamically-stable universe which was “neither expanding nor contracting.

• Edwin Hubble

• Albert Einstein

Universe expands but did not change its density.

• Steady State Theory

• Inflationary Universe Theory

What are the unique characteristics of Earth that allow the existence of life?

Is also called Goldilocks zone, it provides just the right amount of heat and provides Earth with the capacity to maintain water in its form

The heat coming from the sun is in the form of?

Lowest, thinnest, and densest atmospheric layer?

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

Best known as home to Earth’s ozone layer

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

Most meteors burn up in this atmospheric layer

• Mesosphere

• Exosphere