ES Unit 2

Which of the following is not an observation of the solar system that people use to understand Earth's history?

• sun's gravity isn't enough to create what we currently observe

• rocky planets closer to the sun

• strata laid in order over time

• gaseous planet farthest from the sun

Which of the following is an observation of the geological column that we use to understand Earth's history?

• land appears to be shaped by glaciers

• continents fit together like puzzle pieces

• earth's crust is made up of moving tectonic plates

• contains fossils that give information

Which is not an observation about the continents?

• they appear to fit together like puzzle pieces

• glaciers are present and move today

• similar fossils where continents appear to have been joined together

• made of moving tectonic plates

Observations about glaciers that help us understand earth's history? (select ALL that apply)

• land appears to have been shaped by glaciers

• glaciers are present today

• glaciers still move today

• strata laid in order over time

gravity formed planets from dust and gas

• old-earth science

• young eath-science

continent locations today are the result of movement over million years

• old-earth science

• young earth science

geologic column is the set of all rock layers forming over billions of years

• old earth science

• young earth science

theory of evolution

• old earth science

• young earth science

many ice ages

• old earth science

• young earth science

old-earth science adequately explains the evidence of Earth's history change

• TRUE

• FALSE