Unit 2 Part 1 Summative Exam Review

Terrestrial and extra-terrestrial rocks are made up of (there is more than one right answer)

• Elements

• Unstable Isotopes

• Anti-Matter

• Organic Material

• Stable Isotopes

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Which two methods are used to date the Earth (Choose only two answers)

• relative dating

• carbon-dating

• absolute dating

• radioactive dating

Erosion, plate tectonics, and volcanism have gotten rid of what on the Earth?

• Mountains

• People

• Continents

• Meteor Impact Craters

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Why do celestial objects like the moon have impact craters? (Check all that apply)

• The moon does not have an atmosphere, so there is so erosion

• The moon has no volcanoes.

• The moon does not have plate tectonics

• The moon acts like a magnet for meteors

What is used to date the Earth? (check all that apply)

• lunar rocks

• meteors

• rocks on the Earth

• asteroids

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Why aren't terrestrial Earth rocks used to date the Earth?

• They are not affected by the rock cycle

• They are not affected by erosion

• They are affected by Earth's natural processes

• They are not affected by plate tectonics

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Most of Earth's rocks are ______________ that the Earth itself.

• younger

• same age

• older

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How old is the Earth?

• 4.6 Billion Years

• 4.6 Thousand Years

• 4.6 Million Years

• 4.6 Trillion Years

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Radioactivity is the tendency of certain atoms to decay into lighter atoms, a process that emits energy. This is the definition of....

• radioactive decay

• daughter isotopes

• radioactive isotopes

• parent isotopes

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What is an isotope that is unstable and decreases over time?

• Parent Isotope

• Daughter Isotope

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