The Formation of the Earth Practice Quiz

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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
The earth formed from...
Respuesta
  • a piece of mars that broke off
  • the sun exploding
  • gas and dust coming together due to gravity.
  • an alien spacecraft

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
The early atmosphere was missing...
Respuesta
  • carbon dioxide
  • methane
  • water vapor
  • oxygen

Pregunta 3

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

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
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
Respuesta
  • 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.

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
The continents began shifting because of....
Respuesta
  • meteorite bombardments
  • the movement of the oceans
  • heat trapped beneath the earth's crust
  • the magnetic field

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Banded(rusted) iron deposits are evidence that _______ is being produced by bacteria
Respuesta
  • water vapor
  • oxygen
  • carbon dioxide
  • methane

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
The first supercontinent is called
Respuesta
  • pangea
  • laurasia
  • rodinia
  • cambria

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
Which of the following had to be in place before life could move to land?
Respuesta
  • continents
  • oxygen
  • the ozone layer
  • b and c

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
The earth is around _________ years old
Respuesta
  • 4.5 billion
  • 10 billion
  • 3 billion
  • 100 million

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
The EON that the earth formed in is called the ....
Respuesta
  • Paleozoic
  • Cambrian Period
  • Precambrian
  • Mesozoic

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
The moon was formed from...
Respuesta
  • 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.

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
We have a magnetic field because
Respuesta
  • 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
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