NSW EES HSC Chapter 2: Changes To Earth Over Time

Layered sedimentary rocks of the Precambrian caused by the intermittent oxidation of iron. These act as early evidence of photosynthesis on Earth.

• dust particles in the atmosphere

• banded iron formations

• brand iron figures

• supercycle

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The plate tectonic _______________ is the very long cycle where continents vary between combined supercontinents and individual continents.

• fragmentation

• collapse

• stagnation

• supercycle

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The great _______________ event was the rusting of the oceans caused by photosynthetic organisms that deposited huge iron oxide deposits.

• oxygenation

• pollution

• acidification

• ventilation

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The name of the single supercontinent that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Magma

• Rodinia

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A __________ world refers to conditions of warm average global temperatures, during which there is little polar ice.

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Zone where gases are found

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• weather

• environment

• atmosphere

• climate

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Zone where life is found

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

An __________ period is a geological interval of warmer global average temperature lasting thousands of years that separates consecutive glacial periods within an ice age

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Zone where solid rock is found (also called lithosphere)

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

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