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Origin of earth and atmosphere

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What makes the planet Earth habitable compared to other planets?

a)

It has soil.

b)

It has trees

c)

It has people

d)

It has liquid water.

2.

What force caused the cloud of gas and dust to collapse, forming the sun and planets?

a)

electromagnetism

b)

magnetism

c)

gravity

d)

centrifugal force

3.

The ___ of a radioactive element is the time it takes for half of the parent atoms to decay into daughter atoms.

a)

decay rate

b)

half-life

c)

absolute age

d)

relative age

4.

A giant cloud of dust and gas formed out solar system.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What do many astronomers think caused the formation of the Moon?

a)

An asteroid

b)

A comet

c)

The sun

d)

A volcanic eruption

6.

How old is the moon?

a)

100 years

b)

5.4 billion years

c)

4.5 billion years

d)

10 billion years

7.

The atmosphere on the earth started changing because

a)

Of the presence of cyanobacteria that produced O2

b)

The presence of volcanoes

c)

The presence of tectonic plates made possible for the atmosphere to change

8.

Some of the gases present in the ancient planet earth were really toxic for life

a)

Yes

b)

No

9.

The earth always had continents

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The ozone layer...

a)

Avoids UV to enter to the earth

b)

Let the heat enter to the earth so life can be sustained

c)

Let the heat dispersed by the earth to go to the outer space

11.

Global warming

a)

Is caused by the accumulation of heat specially on the ocean in the tropical zone

b)

Is caused by the microorganisms present in the ocean as they are the most common on the earth and exhale the most CO2

c)

Is caused by the absorption and repulsion of heat waves that come from the earth and cannot go out to the outer space

d)

Is caused by the industries present on the planet because of industrial revolution

12.

Global warming deniers say...

a)

Global warming has been always happening along the earth history

b)

Global warming is an invention made by the Chinese government, so the USA not to produce as much as they do

c)

Global warming is not happening because there is not enough data to support it