Earth Science Ch 5 Review

Which of the following statements about Earth's history is true?

• there is only one accurate history

• there was no human present at Earth's beginning

• the way that we interpret evidence depends on our worldview

• all of these

• none of these

What observations about our solar system gives us clues about its history? select all that apply

• composition and movement of the planets

• the names of the planets

• gravitational pulls of orbiting bodies

• direction of the rotation of the planets

• The constellations we see in the sky

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the term geologists use to refer to a layer of rock

• stratum

• orientation

• index

• radiometric zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

which of the following has been used to hypothesize which continents were at one time joined?

• climates

• magnetic crystals

• glaciers

• sediments

The mantle pushing up through the sea floor is responsible for

• sea-floor spreading

• formation of the moon

• the ice age

• the great flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Sections of the crust that "float" on the asthenosphere and includes both continental and oceanic crust

• tectonic plates

• lithospheric plates

• asthenospheric plates

• mid-oceanic ridges

Which of the following gives the correct order for the formation of earth's features

• the moon, continents and ocean, atmospheric oxygen

• atmospheric oxygen, continents and ocean, the moon

• continents and ocean, the moon, atmospheric oxygen

• continents and ocean, atmospheric oxygen, the moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How was the moon formed according to secular geologists

• it was created on the 4th day of Creation week

• a large body crashed into earth and the debris formed the moon

• the moon and earth formed simultaneously from separate nebula

• it was formed by NASA in order to show off for the USSR

Which is the correct order for old-earth history?

• formation of earth from a nebula, the hardening of the crust, the formation of the moon, ice ages

• ice ages, formation of the moon, formation of the earth from a nebula, the hardening of the crust

• the hardening of the crust, the ice ages, the formation of the moon, the formation of earth from a nebula

• the formation of the earth from a nebula, the hardening of the earth's crust, the ice ages, the formation of the moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

According to secular continents Pangea is

• one of many supercontinents that existed on early earth

• one supercontinent made of many continental plates

• the first of many supercontinents

• the global sea surrounding the last supercontinent