KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS TEACHER
CERTIFICATION REVIEW 2026
◉ What is the lithosphere?
Answer: The rocks of the earth (2 outermost layers of the earth)
◉ What is the hydrosphere?
Answer: All of the water on or near the earths surface
◉ What is the atmosphere?
Answer: The gasses that surround the earth
◉ What is the biosphere?
Answer: All life on Earth
◉ What are fossil fuels?
Answer: Nonrenewable energy sources (ex. Oil, gas, coal) derived
from fossils and consist primarily of hydrocarbons.
, ◉ What are nonrenewable resources?
Answer: Energy or other natural resources that cannot be
replenished for hundreds or thousands of years (if at all).
◉ What are renewable resources?
Answer: Energy or other natural resources that are replenished
shortly after being used.
◉ What are ecosystems?
Answer: Systems formed from interactions between communities
and their physical environments.
◉ What does 'MSDS' stand for?
Answer: Material Safety Data Sheet
◉ What is a 'material safety data sheet'?
Answer: A form with data regarding the properties of a particular
substance.
◉ What is a corona?
Answer: The outermost layer of the sun