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Earth History and Processes

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Earth is about ____ years old

a)

4.6 billion

b)

4.6 million

c)

46 billion

d)

46 million

2.

What are fossils?

a)

All the fossils on earth

b)

A fossil that characterizes a particular period of time.

c)

Any remains, trace, or imprint of animal or plant life preserved in Earth's crust.

d)

Fuel formed by natural processes over long periods of time.

3.

What is the fossil record?

a)

A recorded device made out of fossils.

b)

A piece of music that is about fossils.

c)

A scroll that pictures all the fossils in North America.

d)

All the fossils on Earth.

4.

What is an era?

a)

The largest division of geologic time.

b)

A subdivision of a geologic period.

c)

A broad span of geologic time based on the general type of life existing during that time.

d)

A community of organisms interacting with each other and with the nonliving environment.

5.

What is a period?

a)

A span of time within an era.

b)

A subdivision of a geologic period.

c)

A broad span of geologic time based on the general type of life existing during that time.

d)

A community of organisms interacting with each other and with the nonliving environment.

6.

What does geologic time mean?

a)

The time we started studying geology.

b)

The period of time ranging from the formation of Earth about 4.6 billion years ago to today.

c)

A clock that shows when different rocks were formed.

d)

A clock made out of rocks.

7.

What does Precambrian mean?

a)

An era when mammals exist; means "recent animal life"

b)

An era when dinosaurs existed; means "middle animal life"

c)

An era when trilobites, corals, brachiopods, early fish, and early amphibians existed; means "ancient animal life"

d)

All of the time before the Paleozoic era.

8.

What does Paleozoic mean?

a)

An era when mammals exist; means "recent animal life"

b)

An era when dinosaurs existed; means "middle animal life"

c)

An era when trilobites, corals, brachiopods, early fish, and early amphibians existed; means "ancient animal life"

d)

All of the time before the Paleozoic era.

9.

What does Mesozoic mean?

a)

An era when mammals exist; means "recent animal life"

b)

An era when dinosaurs existed; means "middle animal life"

c)

An era when trilobites, corals, brachiopods, early fish, and early amphibians existed; means "ancient animal life"

d)

All of the time before the Paleozoic era.

10.

What does Cenozoic mean?

a)

An era when mammals exist; means "recent animal life"

b)

An era when dinosaurs existed; means "middle animal life"

c)

An era when trilobites, corals, brachiopods, early fish, and early amphibians existed; means "ancient animal life"

d)

All of the time before the Paleozoic era.

11.

Earth's inner core is made up of

a)

liquid iron

b)

nickel and iron

c)

solid iron

d)

lead and iron

12.

Earth's outer core is composed of

a)

solid nickel-iron alloy

b)

liquid nickel-iron alloy

c)

liquid nickel

d)

solid iron

13.

What type of cells were the first life form on Earth?

a)

bacteria

b)

animal cells

c)

nucleus

d)

eukaryotic cells

14.

Which is more precise?

a)

Absolute dating

b)

Relative Dating

15.

Which is oldest?

a)

Ammonite

b)

Gastropod

c)

Crinoid

d)

Trilobite

16.

Which species is the youngest?

a)

Ginko

b)

Calamites

c)

Sharks

d)

Archemides

17.

Which layers are older than layer D?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

E

d)

F

18.

Which layers are older than layer A?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

E

d)

F

19.

Which layers are younger than layer C?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

E

d)

F

20.

Convection is heat transfer through:

a)

circulation or massive movement of a substance

b)

electromagnetic waves

c)

microwaves

21.
Which of Earth's layers is thickest and contains most of earth's mass?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
22.
Earth's lithosphere is made up of huge moving sections, called __________.
a)
glaciers
b)
plates
c)
layers
d)
continents
23.
What was lacking in Alred Wegener's theory of continental drift?
a)
similar fossil evidence on different continents
b)
a definition of the term "supercontinent"
c)
the appearance of matching coastlines
d)
an explanation of how or why the continents moved
24.
New crust forms at ___________ plate boundaries.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
fault-block
d)
transform
25.
At convergent plate boundaries, plates ____________________.
a)
pull apart
b)
slide past each other
c)
collide
d)
form rifts
26.
Earth's geologic history is divided into time units called _________________.
a)
tectonic plates
b)
eons, eras, and periods
c)
indexes and zones
d)
absolute and relative 
27.
What are the layers of the earth?
a)
A- crust  B- magma  C- Lava  D- iridium
b)
A- mantle  B- crust  C- inner solid core  D- outer liquid core
c)
A- crust  B - mantle   C- outter liquid core  D- inner solid core
d)
the Earth is just made of one layer
28.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Puzzles
c)
Earthquakes
29.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

30.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

31.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

32.

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

33.

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

34.

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

35.

What geologic event would most likely be found at a transform boundary?

a)

Volcano

b)

Mountain

c)

Earthquake

d)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

36.

What landform would you most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Mountain

c)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

d)

Volcano

37.

When one tectonic plate sinks under another, this is called...

a)

Convegent

b)

Divergent

c)

Subduction

d)

Transform

38.

Which type of boundary do plates move away from each other?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

39.

Plates slide past one another at ____ boundaries.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

40.

When plates collide together, this boundary occurs...

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

41.

Plate movement is caused by ____________.

a)

the rotation of the Earth

b)

convection currents in the mantle

c)

ocean tides

d)

the moon's gravity

42.

What are the two types of crust?

a)

Thick and thin

b)

Ocean and basin

c)

Lower and upper

d)

Continental and oceanic

43.

According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,

a)

Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses

b)

The continents were once joined together in a single landmass

c)

Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

d)

the continents DO NOT move

44.

What is Pangaea?

a)

The name of a German scientist

b)

Another name for continental drift

c)

The name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago

d)

The name of ancient fossil

45.

The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of

a)

subduction

b)

plate tectonics

c)

evolution

d)

seafloor spreading

46.
Which layer is a result of an igneous intrusion?
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
47.

In which time period are we currently living?

a)

Precambrian Time

b)

Paleozoic Era

c)

Mesozoic Era

d)

Cenozoic Era

48.

In what time period did Pangaea, the super continent, appear?

a)

Precambrian

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Cenozoic

49.

Dinosaurs, small mammals, and birds are found in this time period.

a)

Precambrian

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Cenozoic

50.

What are fossils that are abundant, easily recognizable, short lived, and widespread called?

a)

Preserved fossils

b)

Index fossils

c)

Imprints

d)

Radioactive dating

51.

Preserved remains of plants and animals from the remote past are called?

a)

Sedimentary rocks

b)

Radioactive dating

c)

Decayed organisms

d)

Fossils

52.

Which era was the longest, taking up 88% of geologic time?

a)

Precambrian

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Cenozoic

53.

Which time period is the longest?

a)

Precambrian Time

b)

Paleozoic Era

c)

Mesozoic Era

d)

Cenozoic Era

54.

Earth is thought to be formed ______ years ago?

a)

200 thousand

b)

3 million

c)

4.6 billion

d)

who knows

55.

Put the following units of geological time in order from largest to smallest unit of time.

a)

Epoch, Eon, Era, Period

b)

Epoch, Period, Era, Eon

c)

Eon, Era, Period, Epoch

d)

Period, Eon, Period, Era