Understanding Earth's History

Which of the following statements about 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

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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

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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 at one time joined?

• climates

• magnetic crystals

• glaciers

• mountains

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

• the mantle

• glaciers

• sediments

• ocean currents

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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

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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

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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.

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