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German Guy With Funny Name Quiz/Abraham Gottlob Werner

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When Was Abraham Born?

a)

1749

b)

1750

c)

1784

d)

1813

2.

What was Werner's Theory Called

a)

Volcanism

b)

Oceanism

c)

Neptunism

d)

Rockism

3.

What School did He Found?

a)

The Neptunist School

b)

The Volcanist School

c)

Werner's Mineralogy Academy

4.

What did Werner Get Wrong

a)

He didn't travel to confirm with the rest of the world.

b)

He made wrongful assumptions of what oceans were.

c)

He changed hypothesis to facts.

d)

He lost his job as a teacher.

5.

Werner's theory was

a)

Correct

b)

Erroneous

c)

Cunning

6.

How many books/publications did Werner publish?

a)

35

b)

21

c)

50

d)

26

7.

When did Werner die?

a)

1857

b)

1890

c)

1823

d)

1817

8.

Neptunism states that

a)

The earth was covered by a primeval ocean

b)

Volcanoes were mountains which got angry

c)

Earth was once blanketed in a toxic gas, like Neptune

9.

Where did Werner think Igneous rocks came from?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Ancient Trees

c)

Primeval/Ancient Ocean

d)

Primeval/Ancient Dinosaur Feces

10.

Where was Werner born?

a)

Werhau

b)

Radom

c)

Lublin

d)

Opole

11.

Werner thought volcanoes were

a)

Ancient fossils combusting underground.

b)

Ancient coal beds spontaneously combusting.

c)

Igneous rocks spontaneously exploding.