Early Earth

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

• Earth's First Atmosphere

• Earth's Second Atmosphere

• Earth's Oceans

• Earth's Continents

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Which event happened last during Earth's formation?

• Core formation

• Plantary cooling

• End of Heavy Bombardment

• Planetary accretion

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

The earliest evidence of life comes from

• soil

• plants

• the ocean

• fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the estimated age of the Earth?

• 5.5 billion years

• 4.54 million years

• 4.54 billion years

• 5.5 million years

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

The_______ _______ experiment showed evidence that life could form from inorganic molecules.

• Miller-Urey

• Watson-Crick

• Oparin-Haldane

• Avery-Frederick

The earliest evidence of life was found in fossils dated____ years ago.

• 4.7 million

• 3.5 billion

• 4.8 billion

• 3.5 million

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Organic compounds could have been delivered to the Earth by

• rain

• the moon

• the sun

• meteorites

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Little is known about much of Earth’s early history because ____.

• Precambrian rocks have been deeply buried

• Precambrian rocks have been changed by heat and pressure

• Precambrian soft-bodied life-forms weren’t often preserved as fossils

• all of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

The development of ____ factored in the development of complex organisms.

• Ozone

• Oxygen

• Cyanobacteria

• All of the above

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

A life-form in the Precambrian time was ____.

• cyanobacteria

• humans

• reptiles

• dinosaurs

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2