Chapter 13 test 1

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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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Questão 1

Questão
What is the Nebular Hypothesis?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 2

Questão
Name the Geologic Time Scale
Responda
  • Eons
  • Epoch
  • Periods
  • Eras
  • Zone
  • Precambrian
  • Paleozoic
  • Mesozoic
  • Century
  • Millenium

Questão 3

Questão
When was the Precambrian Eon?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 4

Questão
When did life start forming on Earth?
Responda
  • 4.2 - 3.5 b.y.a.
  • 5 b.y.a.
  • 4.2 - 2.6 b.y.a.
  • 5 - 4.2 b.y.a.

Questão 5

Questão
Which time period is called the "Time of Visible Life"?
Responda
  • Phanerozoic Eon
  • Paleozoic Era
  • Paleozoic Eon
  • Precambrian Eon

Questão 6

Questão
What ended the Paleozoic Era?
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 7

Questão
What time period did the Dinosaurs exist?
Responda
  • The Mesozoic Era
  • The Pleistocene Epoch
  • The Mesozoic Epoch
  • The Cenozoic Era

Questão 8

Questão
Name the three Eras of Earth.
Responda
  • Mesozoic
  • Cenozoic
  • Paleozoic
  • Phanerozoic
  • Precambrian
  • Pleistocene
  • Holocene

Questão 9

Questão
Which time period is the largest unit of time?
Responda
  • Eons
  • Eras
  • Periods
  • Epoch

Questão 10

Questão
The Paleozoic Era existed. . .
Responda
  • 542 - 252 m.y.a.
  • 530 - 412 m.y.a.
  • 513 - 256 m.y.a.
  • 498 - 252 m.y.a.

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