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Earth Science Test revision

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the largest division of time in the geological timescale?

a)

Eon

b)

Era

c)

Epoch

d)

Period

2.

In which eon were dinosaurs present?

a)

Phanerazoic

b)

Proterozoic

c)

Archean

d)

Hadean

3.

In which era do we currently live?

a)

Jurassic

b)

Paleozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Cenozoic

4.

What is the next smallest division of time after eras in the geological timescale?

a)

Eon

b)

Epoch

c)

Age

d)

Period

5.

Identify the Eon where the event described occurred:


Cambrian Explosion

a)

Hadean

b)

Archaean

c)

Proterozoic

d)

Phanerozoic

6.

Identify the period the event described occurred:


Major Groups of animals first appeared.

a)

Cambrian

b)

Devonian

c)

Ordovician

d)

Paleogene

7.

Identify the period the event described occurred:


Age of the Dinosaurs

a)

Jurassic

b)

Triassic

c)

Permian

d)

Neogene

8.

Which of the following would be an example of absolute age?

a)

Fossil A is older than Fossil B

b)

Fossil A and Fossil B are the same age

c)

Fossil A is 10 million years old

9.
Which layer formed first?
a)
Rock Layer W
b)
Rock Layer X
c)
Rock Layer Y
d)
Rock Layer Z
10.

If scientists found this fossil in a desert, what could they infer?

a)

what fish are like today

b)

that this fish lacked oxygen

c)

that water once covered the area where this fossil was found

11.
The millions of fossils that scientists have collected are called
a)
The Geologic Time Scale
b)
The Origin of Species
c)
The Fossil Record
d)
A really neat fossil collection
12.

Which type of fossils can be created when an animal walked in mud long ago and then the mud hardened intro rock?

a)

Cast Fossil

b)

Mold Fossil

c)

Trace Fossil

d)

True Form Fossil

13.

Which type of fossil is a mold that was filled in and then turned to rock?

a)

Cast Fossil

b)

Mold Fossil

c)

Trace Fossil

d)

True Form Fossil

14.

Which type of fossils have examples that include: footprints, burrows, nests, eggshells, and coprolite?

a)

Cast Fossil

b)

Mold Fossil

c)

Trace Fossil

d)

True Form Fossil

15.

Which type of fossil shows an impression of the organism in rock?

a)

Cast Fossil

b)

Mold Fossil

c)

Trace Fossil

d)

True Form Fossil

16.
A carbonized fossil is quickly buried and flattened by the pressure of the sediments on top of it.  What remains is____________________
a)
Just bones
b)
a trace fossil
c)
a thin black film
d)
amber
17.
This fossil forms when minerals in water slowly replace the organisms tissues.
a)
carbonized fossil
b)
permineralized fossil
c)
trace fossil
d)
petrified wood
18.
An amber fossil forms when an organism gets stuck in sticky __________, which eventually hardens around it.
a)
tree sap
b)
tar
c)
cement
d)
syrup
19.
This type of scientist finds, preserves, and interprets fossils remains.
a)
archeologist
b)
paleontologist
c)
geologist
d)
anthropologist
20.
Hardened tree sap is called
a)
diamonds
b)
amber
c)
tar
d)
syrup
21.
What type of fossil is pictured? 
a)
cast
b)
petrified fossil
c)
preserved remains
d)
trace fossil
22.
What type of fossil is pictured? 
a)
mold
b)
cast
c)
trace fossil
d)
petrified fossil
23.
4. What is the name of this kind of fossil?
a)
Amber Fossil 
b)
Exoskeleton fossil
c)
Trace Fossil
d)
Petrification Fossil
24.

Which type of fossil is this?

a)

Mold

b)

Cast

c)

Preserved original remains

d)

Trace

25.
What type of fossil is an imprint in a rock?
a)
cast 
b)
trace 
c)
mold
d)
whole/part 
26.

What type of fossil is this?

a)

body

b)

trace

c)

mold

d)

cast

e)

resin

27.

What type of fossil is this?

a)

body

b)

trace

c)

mold

d)

cast

e)

resin

28.
What is the process of making fossils?
a)
Pressure
b)
Fossilization
c)
Rock Layers
d)
Sediment
29.
a)

Body Fossil

b)
Mold and Cast Fossil
c)
Carbon Film Fossil
d)
Trace Fossil
30.
a)

Body Fossil

b)
Mold and Cast Fossil
c)
Carbon Film Fossil
d)
Trace Fossil
31.
a)

Body Fossil

b)
Mold and Cast Fossil
c)
Carbon Film Fossil
d)
Trace Fossil
32.

The correct order of the Earth's layers starting from the OUTSIDE going IN is

a)

crust, inner core, mantle, outer core

b)

mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

c)

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

d)

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

33.

Which layer is made of slightly molten rock?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

34.

Which layer is the hottest?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

35.

Which layer is the thinnest?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

36.

Which layer can be described as either Oceanic or Continental?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

37.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
38.

What is this a picture of?

a)

plate tectonics

b)

continental drift

c)

pangaea

d)

glacier scaring

39.
How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
a)
Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
b)
Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
c)
Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
d)
all of the above
40.
The continents move very slowly, only a few __________per year.
a)
meters
b)
kilometers
c)
centimeters
d)
miles
41.

Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

a)

tectonic plates

b)

North American Plate

c)

Eurasian Plate

d)

African Plate

42.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of India and Australia and the surrounding oceanic crust.

a)

Pacific Plate

b)

Antarctic Plate

c)

Indo-Australian Plate

d)

African Plate

43.

the place where two different plates have contact.

a)

Pacific Plate

b)

Mountains

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Plate Boundaries

44.

Occurs when two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

a)

convergent boundary

b)

subduction

c)

volcanic eruptions

d)

divergent boundary

45.

the process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge; occurs at continental to oceanic boundaries and oceanic to oceanic boundaries

a)

divergent boundaries

b)

volcanic eruptions

c)

subduction

d)

convergent boundary

46.

Events in which molten rock spews out from the mantle to the surface of Earth as ash, lava and gases; major geological events that occur when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate

a)

Mountain Building

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Divergent boundary

d)

Volcanic eruptions

47.

Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Volcanic eruptions

d)

Mountain building

48.

Ridges formed from new crustal material at diverging oceanic plate boundaries

a)

Ocean Basin

b)

earthquakes

c)

spreading ridges

d)

transform boundary

49.

Occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other

a)

Transform Boundary

b)

Ocean Basin

c)

Divergent Boundary

d)

Spreading ridges

50.

Major geological events that occur when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; frequent occurrences along all types of plate boundaries

a)

Volcano

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Tsunami

d)

Tornado

51.

What does heat do when convection currents are moving?

a)

Sinks

b)

Rises

c)

Stays in place

52.
What is the heat source for convection in the mantle?
a)
the Crust
b)
the Mantle
c)
the Core
53.

Convection currents occur due to...

a)

rotation of earth

b)

differences in temperature and density

c)

electrons moving

d)

gravitational pull

54.

Name the type of heat transfer shown in the picture.

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

55.

There have been 5 mass extinctions in Earth's history. Which of the following answer choices was a cause of these extinctions? You may select more than one answer. Check all that apply.

a)

increased carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere

b)

an asteroid impact

c)

melting of glaciers and rising sea levels

d)

widespread volcanic activity

e)

All of them

56.

There have been 5 mass extinctions in Earth's history. Which of the following mass extinctions occurred first?

a)

Permian

b)

Triassic-Jurassic

c)

Devonian

d)

Ordovician

57.

Which of the following events resulted in the most species extinctions overall?

a)

Triassic-Jurassic

b)

Permian

c)

Devonian

d)

Cretaceous (KT Event)

58.
What are the relative ages of the features in order from oldest to youngest?
a)
Limestone, Basalt, Fault, Siltstone
b)
Siltstone, Fault, Basalt, Limestone
c)
Limestone, Fault, Basalt, Siltstone
d)
Limestone, Siltstone, Fault, Basalt
59.

What rock in the Oldest?

a)

Conglomerate

b)

Shale

c)

Breccia

d)

Sandstone

60.
Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?
a)
F
b)
E
c)
B
d)
A

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