Earth Sci. Test 5

Which of the following statements about the 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 the above

• None of the above

Which of the following observations of the solar system give(s) us clues about its history?

• composition and movement of the planets

• gravitational pulls of orbiting bodies

• direction of the rotation of the planets

• all of the above

• none of the above

Geologically, the term stratum refers to

• a long period of time

• a rare fossil

• a large plate of the earth's crust

• a layer of rock

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

• climates

• magnetic crystals

• glaciers

• mountains

Sea- floor spreading is thought to be driven by the movement of

• glaciers

• the moon

• the mantle

• sediments

Tectonic plates

• contain only continents

• contain only oceanic crust

• may contain both continental crust and oceanic crust

• are an evolutionary idea

Which of the following features that exist today do secular scientists believe formed first?

• atmospheric oxygen

• continents

• the moon

• oceans

According to most secular geologists, which of the following was caused by a collision?

• the earth

• the moon

• both the earth and the moon

• neither the earth nor the moon

Which of the following events came last in the old-earth story?

• ice ages

• the formation of Earth from dust and gases

• the hardening of Earth's crust

• the formation of the moon

Secular geologists believe that Pangaea was

• a single continental plate

• the first supercontinent

• made of many continental plates

• the global sea surrounding the last supercontinent