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Textbook: Hess, Darrel, and Tasa, Dennis. (2017). McKnight’s Physical Geography: Fourth California Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc. Or, Hess, Darrel, and Tasa, Dennis (2017). McKnight’s Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation 12th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc.

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Chapter 13 test 1

Question 1 of 10

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What is the Nebular Hypothesis?

Select one of the following:

  • Our Solar system formed 4.5-5 billion yrs ago from a nebula.

  • The Earth formed through collision and coalescence of material.

  • The Earth formed through the gathering of asteroids and space materials.

  • Our solar system formed 5 - 5.5 billion yrs ago from space debris

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

1

Name the Geologic Time Scale

Select one or more of the following:

  • Eons

  • Epoch

  • Periods

  • Eras

  • Zone

  • Precambrian

  • Paleozoic

  • Mesozoic

  • Century

  • Millenium

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

1

When was the Precambrian Eon?

Select one of the following:

  • 4.6 b.y.a. - 541 m.y.a.

  • 5.2 b.y.a. - 404 m.y.a.

  • 3.6 b.y.a - 541 m.y.a.

  • 4.7 b.y.a - 439 m.y.a

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

When did life start forming on Earth?

Select one of the following:

  • 4.2 - 3.5 b.y.a.

  • 5 b.y.a.

  • 4.2 - 2.6 b.y.a.

  • 5 - 4.2 b.y.a.

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

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Which time period is called the "Time of Visible Life"?

Select one of the following:

  • Phanerozoic Eon

  • Paleozoic Era

  • Paleozoic Eon

  • Precambrian Eon

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

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What ended the Paleozoic Era?

Select one of the following:

  • It ended with the Permian Mass extinction from volcanic activity in Siberia.

  • It ended when the meteor hit the Earth on the continent of Siberia.

  • It ended when volcanic activity filled the Earth in Mexico.

  • It ended during the mass extinction of the ice age in the Americas.

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

1

What time period did the Dinosaurs exist?

Select one of the following:

  • The Mesozoic Era

  • The Pleistocene Epoch

  • The Mesozoic Epoch

  • The Cenozoic Era

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

1

Name the three Eras of Earth.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Mesozoic

  • Cenozoic

  • Paleozoic

  • Phanerozoic

  • Precambrian

  • Pleistocene

  • Holocene

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

Which time period is the largest unit of time?

Select one of the following:

  • Eons

  • Eras

  • Periods

  • Epoch

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

1

The Paleozoic Era existed. . .

Select one of the following:

  • 542 - 252 m.y.a.

  • 530 - 412 m.y.a.

  • 513 - 256 m.y.a.

  • 498 - 252 m.y.a.

Explanation