cultural literacy 22

Question 1

petrology

Answer 1

study of rocks

Question 2

three forms of rocks

Answer 2

igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary

Question 3

stratigraphy

Answer 3

study of rock strata

Question 4

volcanology

Answer 4

study of volcanoes

Question 5

glaciology

Answer 5

study of glaciers

Question 6

hydrology

Answer 6

study of the waters of the earth

Question 7

limnology

Answer 7

study of lakes

Question 8

oceanography

Answer 8

study of oceans

Question 9

biome

Answer 9

collection of different ecosystems found together in a single geographical zone, sharing the same climatic conditions

Question 10

“As for man,…”

Answer 10

“…his days are as grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more.” (Psalms 103:15-16)