Earth Science Unit 3 Review

Which of the following claims is supported by the evidence that salt in a bag on the International Space Station clumped together?

• Earth formed through accretion of smaller rocks

• Earth formed at the same time as the rest of our solar system, 4.5 billion years ago

• Earth had a solid crust 200 million years after forming

• Earth was hot enough to become completely molten and the material separated into layers by density

Which of the following claims is supported by the evidence that radiometric dating of meteorites from meteor crater indicated the meteors are 4.5 billion years old?

• Earth formed through accretion of smaller rocks

• Earth formed at the same time as the rest of our solar system, 4.5 billion years ago

• Earth had a solid crust 200 million years after forming

• Earth was hot enough to become completely molten and the material separated into layers by density

Which of the following claims is supported by the evidence that amphibolite was radiometrically dated to be 4.3 billion years old and can only form at least 12 miles deep within the crust?

• Earth formed through accretion of smaller rocks

• Earth formed at the same time as the rest of our solar system, 4.5 billion years ago

• Earth had a solid crust 200 million years after forming

• Earth was hot enough to become completely molten and the material separated into layers by density

Which of the following claims is supported by the evidence that the Earth is layered and not a combination of a lot of smaller meteors and asteroids and the innermost layers contain iron and nickel?

• Earth formed through accretion of smaller rocks

• Earth formed at the same time as the rest of our solar system, 4.5 billion years ago

• Earth had a solid crust 200 million years after forming

• Earth was hot enough to become completely molten and the material separated into layers by density

Which of the following claims is supported by the evidence that moon rock samples contained less iron than the Earth rock samples contained and are more similar in composition to the crust and mantle layers of the Earth?

• A planet collided with Earth and the material from that collision accreted to form the moon

• Early Earth experienced a lot of impact events, which brought radioactive materials and water to Earth

• Earth had a solid crust 200 million years after forming

• Earth had liquid oceans 200 million years after forming

Which of the following claims is supported by the evidence that meteorite samples contained liquid water and radioactive materials and were radiometrically dated to 4.3 billion years old?

• A planet collided with Earth and the material from that collision accreted to form the moon

• Early Earth experienced a lot of impact events, which brought radioactive materials and water to Earth

• Earth had a solid crust 200 million years after forming

• Earth had liquid oceans 200 million years after forming

Which of the following claims is supported by the evidence that amphibolite contained banded iron formations which can only form under oceans and was radiometrically dated to 4.3 billion years old?

• A planet collided with Earth and the material from that collision accreted to form the moon

• Early Earth experienced a lot of impact events, which brought radioactive materials and water to Earth

• Earth had a solid crust 200 million years after forming

• Earth had liquid oceans 200 million years after forming

The graph supports which claims?

• Earth has 4 layers

• The layers inside the Earth have different densities

• The inner core is liquid

• S waves cannot travel through solids

The graph supports which claims?

• P waves cannot travel through liquids

• S waves cannot travel through liquids

• The entire inside of the Earth is solid

• The entire inside of the Earth is liquid

Terrestrial planets.....?

• Are more dense than jovian planets

• Are less dense than jovian planets

• Are closer to the Sun

• Are farther away from the Sun