FINAL 2019: History of Earth and Intro Envisci

What is Pangaea?

• The name of a German Scientist
• the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is true about earthquakes?

• They are equally likely to happen anywhere on Earth.
• They do not disrupt rock layers.
• They tend to occur near plate boundaries.
• They tend to occur around the Ring of Fire.

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.

• Pangea
• Gondwanda
• Laurasia
• Neverland

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

How did the Earth form?

• combinations of dust and solids from the sun's creation

• combinations of dust and solids from the moon's creation

• combinations of dust and solids from the star's creation

• combinations of dust and solids from the Mercury creation

When Earth formed, it had oxygen in its atmosphere

• true

• false

1st life on Earth

• cyanobacteria

• bacteria

• plants

• protists

1st thing that evolved to do photosynthesis

• cyanobacteria

• bacteria

• plants

• protists

The reason that there is oxygen in the atmosphere

• bacteria

• plants

• phytoplankton

• cyanobacteria

When did the ozone layer form

• 4.6 billion years ago

• 2.5 billion years ago

• 4 billion years ago

• 3.5 billion years ago

Created the ozone layer (excess oxygen that sits ontop of the Earth's atmosphere)

• bacteria

• plants

• phytoplankton

• cyanobacteria