The Formation of the Earth Practice Quiz

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Quiz on The Formation of the Earth Practice Quiz, created by Wallace Mason on 11/11/2018.
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Question 1

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

Question 2

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

Question 3

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

Question 4

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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
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  • 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.

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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The moon was formed from...
Answer
  • 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.

Question 12

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We have a magnetic field because
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  • 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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