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Exam Earth History and Natural Disasters

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Era was mainly dominated by dinosaurs?

a)

Cenozoic

b)

Jurassic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Paleozoic

2.

What is the oldest organism on the geologic time scale?

a)

primitive horses

b)

sea scorpions

c)

giant insects

d)

trilobites

3.

What type of environment do you think was present during the Devonian Period?

a)

mostly land

b)

land with some water

c)

mostly water

d)

water with some land

4.

Which of these choices is the best definition of absolute dating?

a)

determining the age of a rock layer by studying the fossils present

b)

finding the age of an object compared to other objects

c)

measuring the age of an object in years using any method

d)

determining the amount of a radioactive isotope in an object

5.

Analyze the image Above. According to the Law of Superposition, which sequence of letters describes the rock layers in the diagram from oldest to youngest?

a)

D,C,B,A

b)

A,B,C,D

c)

A,B,D,C

d)

C,D,B,A

6.

Directions: The images show slices of sedimentary rock in Earth's surface in two different locations. Use the images to answer any questions that follow.


Which layer is most likely the oldest in location 1?

a)

layer Q

b)

layer R

c)

layer S

d)

layer T

7.

A geologist was exploring a deep cave in the desert, and discovered a fossilized school of fish. Which option below most likely explains why the geologist would find fish fossils in a desert cave? 

a)

 Local wildlife went into the cave and had brought the fish to eat and then left, the fish scraps left behind in the cave became fossilized. 

b)

A few hundred years ago the lake that was there was used to irrigate the local farm lands and the lake was drained leaving the fish in the lake to be fossilized in the rock. 

c)

During the recent rainy season fish were able to swim in the flood waters to the cave, once trapped, they died and were fossilized in the rock. 

d)

 Millions of years ago the desert was a lake that had fish, over time the Earth changed, the lake became a desert, and the fish in the lake were fossilized. 

8.

What is a bed or LAYER of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout?

a)

fossils

b)

rock strata

c)

geologic time scale

d)

law of superposition

9.

According to this diagram, fossils of which organism were found in EVERY rock layer?

a)

trilobites

b)

jellyfish

c)

dinosaurs

d)

birds

10.

What is the youngest rock layer in the diagram?

a)

Layer C

b)

Layer B

c)

Layer A

d)

Fault

11.

Which of these is in the correct order from OLDEST to YOUNGEST?

a)

C, D, B, E, A

b)

A, B, C, D, E

c)

C, B, A, D, E

d)

C, B, E, A, D

12.

As you travel deeper DOWN into the Grand Canyon, the rocks get _____.

a)

younger

b)

older

c)

prettier

d)

nicer

13.

The mineralized remains of organisms showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured are called: ______.

a)

fossils

b)

plants

c)

rocks

d)

animals

14.

RADIOMETRIC DATING allows scientists to determine:_____.

a)

the EXACT or ABSOLUTE age of rock layers and the fossils in them

b)

the RELATIVE age of rock layers and the fossils in them

c)

what the weather of an area was like

d)

what ancient animals looked like

15.

Rock layers form ______ due to gravity.

a)

horizontally

b)

diagonally

c)

vertically

d)

quickly

16.

In rock layers, the OLDEST rocks are found on the _____ layer.

a)

bottom

b)

middle

c)

top

d)

dark

17.

forms over warm tropical waters

a)

Tornado

b)

Hurricane

18.

forms when moist, warm air meets cool dry air head on

a)

Tornado

b)

Hurricane

19.

Where do tornadoes start?

a)

Over the ocean near the equator

b)

In the clouds that create blizzards

c)

In the clouds of severe thunderstorms

d)

Any time that it rains

20.

What happens in Tornado Alley to create so many tornadoes?

a)

The rate of condensation is higher than the rate of precipitation

b)

Warm air from Canada meets cold air from Virginia

c)

Cold, dry air from Canada meets warm dry air from Gulf of Mexico

d)

Warm air in Texas clashes with even warmer air in Texas

21.

Hurricanes are a very strong type of __________.

a)

tornado

b)

blizzard

c)

tropical storm

d)

tsunami

22.

What fuels a hurricane's strength?

a)

Wind

b)

Sunlight

c)

Warm Water

d)

Cold Water

23.

What happens as a hurricane moves further in-land?

a)

It speeds up and gets stronger

b)

It turns around and goes back to sea

c)

It slows down and gets weaker

d)

It stalls

24.

Where do most hurricanes develop?

a)

Middle of the United States

b)

Near the Equator

c)

Near Canada and Alaska

d)

Antarctica

25.

A broad volcano with gently sloping sides is a ________________

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Fire Fountain

d)

Composite

26.

Where are volcanoes most likely to form?

a)

along plate boundaries

b)

near the center of continents

c)

near water

d)

on the moon

27.

One major belt of volcanoes that surrounds the Pacific Ocean

a)

Ring of Fire

b)

Ring of Asia

c)

Ring o' earthquakes

d)

Ring a ding ding

28.

What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?

a)

Hot Spot

b)

Magma

c)

Lava

d)

Volcano

29.

What is molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface?

a)

Aa

b)

Lava

c)

Magma

d)

Pahoehoe

30.

Volcanoes are found...

a)

on land

b)

under water

c)

on islands

d)

all of the above

31.

How much bigger is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to magnitude 7 one on the Richter Scale?

a)

1 time bigger

b)

10 times bigger

c)

100 times bigger

d)

1000 times bigger

32.

What is directly above the focus?  

a)

Epicenter

b)

Fault

c)

Seismograph Station

33.

A sleeping volcano

a)

Composite volcano

b)

Active volcano

c)

Extinct volcano

d)

Dormant volcano

34.

This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California

a)

New Madrid

b)

Denali Fault

c)

Ramapo Seismic Zone

d)

San Andreas

35.

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

a)

Countries

b)

Tectonic Plates

c)

Climate Zones

d)

None of the above.

36.

What causes an earthquake?

a)

when there is a rise in water that has no place to go

b)

when there are massive waves caused by natural disasters

c)

when there is an opening in the surface of the Earth through which molten rock and hot gases erupt

d)

when the plates of the Earth's crust are moving, or when they break apart due to the pressure that has built up over time.

37.

The strength of an earthquake's seismic waves...

a)

epicenter

b)

magnitude

c)

tsunami

d)

focus

38.

What is the process called when water vapor turns into liquid water?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Sublimation

d)

Deposition

39.

Which layer of the Earth is made up of tectonic plates?

a)

Inner Core

b)

Outer Core

c)

Mantle

d)

Crust

40.

What type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Igneous

d)

Mineral

41.

What is the phenotype of the offspring? (A-Brown hair; a-blond hair) 

a)

50 % Brown Hair and 50% Blond Hair 

b)

25 % Brown Hair and 75% Blond Hair 

c)

75 % Brown Hair and 25% Blond Hair 

d)

0% Brown Hair and 100% Blond Hair 

42.

The combination of genes a person has, represented by letters, is their...

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Chromosome

d)

Punnett Square

43.

T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

a)

tt

b)

Tt

c)

Bb

d)

TT

44.

Look at the punnett square shown. What allele pair would replace the "?"

a)

WW

b)

Ww

c)

ww

45.

Both parents in this Punnet square

a)

are homozygous dominant

b)

are homozygous recessive

c)

are heterozygous

d)

have blue eyes

46.

Which of the following allele pairs is heterozygous?

a)

RR

b)

Qq

c)

ss

47.

B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

48.

What you see, or the physical appearance.

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Homozygous

d)

Heterozygous

49.

AA and Aa always show up as

a)

dominant

b)

recessive

50.

aa always shows up as

a)

dominant

b)

recessive

51.

Explain how energy from the sun and energy from the Earth's interior drive the rock cycle.

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52.

The law of superposition states that, in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock, each layer is

a)

younger than the layer above it and older than the layer below it

b)

neither older nor younger than the other layers

c)

older than the layer above it and younger than the layer below it

d)

always older than any vertical layers

53.

Scientists theorize the earth is____ years old

(a)  

Choose from the below words

4.3

3.6

7.1

4.5