Chapter 8 lesson 1&2 Quiz Review

The first step in developing the geologic time scale was studying __________ layers and index fossils worldwide. 

• Dinosaurs

• Rock

• Clay

• Water

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The 1st period of time that begins the geologic time is called _________________.

• Mesozoic Era

• Paleozioc

• Precambrian Time

• Hammer Time

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Geologists divided the time between Precambrian Time and the present into three long units of time called

• Periods

• Eras

• Eons

• Dinner Time

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A _________ is a ball of dust and ice that orbits the sun.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

• Moon

The process of ___________ involves organisms using energy from the sun to make food and oxygen.

• Eating

• Photography

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

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According to scientists, both the Earth and the Moon are____________ Billion year old

• 4.6

• 46

• 4,600

• 5.0

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After water vapor condensed to form rain and then gradually accumulated, which of the following was formed?

• lakes

• rivers

• ponds

• Oceans

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Which gas was not part of Earth’s second atmosphere?

• Helium

• Hydrogen

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

What was the earliest form of life on Earth?

• Fossils

• Trilobite

• single cell organisms

• dinosaurs

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What change in Earth’s atmosphere allowed organisms to live on land?

• collision with comets

• strong burst of particles from the sun

• Absorption of Carbon Dioxide by the oceans

• Development of the Ozone layer