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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
What kind of rock is "Granite"?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
What kind of rock is "Basalt"?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
occurs when rocks are broken down through chemical changes
mechanical weathering
chemical weathering
erosion
rate of weathering
TRUE OR FALSE: Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soil, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials.
TRUE
FALSE
If an earthquake begins to happen, the safest place to be is:
underground
in a doorway
next to a window
laying on the floor
We cannot predict the exact moment a natural disaster will occur, but we do know...
what day they will happen on
how big the natural disaster will be
where the natural disaster is likely to occur
how many people will be killed in the natural disaster
___ are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the Earth's surface.
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Earthquakes
Flash Floods
When living things breathe, they interact with which of Earth's spheres?
geosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere
biosphere
Composed of all the liquid water on or near the earth
atmosphere
hydrosphere
cryosphere
geosphere
In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
igneous rock
If you know the age of a rock, you know the relative age of the _________________ that was found inside.
sticky tar
fossil
amber
ice
If scientists found this fossil in a desert, what could they infer?
what fish are like today
that this fish lacked oxygen
that water once covered the area where this fossil was found
Earth is thought to be formed ______ years ago?
200 thousand
4.6 billion
3 million
13.8 billion
Describes a group of living things that are no longer living.
fossil
endangered
extinct
dinosaur
In which eon do we know there was no life?
Carboniferous
Hadean
Miocene
Tithonian
When did the formation of the moon occur?
Hadean
Archean
Select the correct sequence of the four eons of the Earth's history.
Hadean eon, Archean eon, Proterozoic eon, Phanerozoic eon.
Phanerozoic eon, Hadean eon, Proterozoic eon, Archean eon
Hadean eon, Archean eon, Phanerozoic eon, Proterozoic eon.
Proterozoic eon, Phanerozoic, Hadean eon, Archean eon
Microorganisms _________ into more complex organisms.
evolved
adapted
competition
The first animals (living things) appeared on the oceans and seas.
TRUE
FALSE
......... was a supercontinent, which has separated to become the continents we know today.
Pangea
Competition
Era
Mesozoic
Hadean eon
The buildup of oxygen and the first eukaryotes occurred in the _______eon.
Hadean
Archaen
Proterozoic
Phanerozoic
Which of the following is NOT a proposed cause of the mass extinctions in Earth's history?
asteroids and comets
extreme volcanic activity
extreme climate changes
global flood
