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The Formation of the Earth Practice Quiz

Question 1 of 12

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The earth formed from...

Select one of the following:

  • a piece of mars that broke off

  • the sun exploding

  • gas and dust coming together due to gravity.

  • an alien spacecraft

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Question 2 of 12

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The early atmosphere was missing...

Select one of the following:

  • carbon dioxide

  • methane

  • water vapor

  • oxygen

Explanation

Question 3 of 12

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Which of the following correctly describes formation of the layers of rock on earth?

Select one of the following:

  • silica sunk to the center, lighter materials like iron make up the crust

  • iron sunk to the center, lighter materials like silica make up the crust

  • hydrogen sunk to the center, lighter materials like iron make up the crust

  • iron sunk to the center, lighter materials like nickel and uranium make up the crust

Explanation

Question 4 of 12

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There are multiple theories on how the oceans form. Which of the following are theories that are still being considered? Pick all that are correct

Select one or more of the following:

  • comets hit earth over millions of years bring water and forming oceans

  • a meteorite storm brought water inside of rocks that made it to the atmosphere and rained down to form oceans

  • at the beginning water vapor escaped from cooling molten rock, condensed and fell as rain for millions of years. This forms oceans.

  • the planet thea was covered in water and during the collision with the earth, it released its water to the earth.

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Question 5 of 12

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The continents began shifting because of....

Select one of the following:

  • meteorite bombardments

  • the movement of the oceans

  • heat trapped beneath the earth's crust

  • the magnetic field

Explanation

Question 6 of 12

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Banded(rusted) iron deposits are evidence that _______ is being produced by bacteria

Select one of the following:

  • water vapor

  • oxygen

  • carbon dioxide

  • methane

Explanation

Question 7 of 12

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The first supercontinent is called

Select one of the following:

  • pangea

  • laurasia

  • rodinia

  • cambria

Explanation

Question 8 of 12

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Which of the following had to be in place before life could move to land?

Select one of the following:

  • continents

  • oxygen

  • the ozone layer

  • b and c

Explanation

Question 9 of 12

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The earth is around _________ years old

Select one of the following:

  • 4.5 billion

  • 10 billion

  • 3 billion

  • 100 million

Explanation

Question 10 of 12

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The EON that the earth formed in is called the ....

Select one of the following:

  • Paleozoic

  • Cambrian Period

  • Precambrian

  • Mesozoic

Explanation

Question 11 of 12

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The moon was formed from...

Select one of the following:

  • the moon is a piece of the asteroid belt that drifting into earth's orbit

  • gas and dust coming together at the formation of the solar system

  • planet Thea collides with earth, the surface of earth is blasted off and forms the moon

  • the moon used to be a part of Jupiter's system but was pulled into the earth's gravity.

Explanation

Question 12 of 12

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We have a magnetic field because

Select one of the following:

  • the iron core of the earth spins inside out the outer, this spinning iron ball produces a magnetic field

  • the minerals in the oceans create an electric field

  • the earth spins, and the coriolis effect produces a magnetic field

  • everytime we are hit by an iron meteorite our magnetic field grows stronger

Explanation

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