WorksheetsEarth Science - Early Earth
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The oldest rocks that we have discovered on Earth are called
rudiment rocks
meteorites
Flintstones
methanes
How old was the meteorite that was discovered in the 1950s by Patterson, that upon impact, nearly vaporized?
6.5 billion years
4.5 billion years
3.5 million years
250,000 years
What did Ernest Rutherford use to more accurately age rock and parts of the Earth?
Carbon dating
Radioactive decay
Elemental decay
core temperatures
When studying Moon rocks, what did they contain much less of than scientists expected?
Gold
Silver
Iron
Mercury
The material found in the Moon rock contained the same material found in the upper crust of the Earth.
TRUE
FALSE
These central Asian mountains are the tallest in the world
Adirondacks
Appalachian
Himalayan
Andean
Approximately how many miles of hiking trails are there at Yellowstone National Park
1000
500
1500
2000
Where can cyanobacteria survive?
Hot Springs
Arctic Lake
Mountain Streams
All of the above
The Moon is considered to be
a planet
an asteroid
a star
a satellite
How many waterfalls are there at Yellowstone National park?
20
290
612
275
How many years ago was cyanobacteria first on Earth?
1 billion
300 million
4 billion
2.4 billion
How many phases of the moon are there?
10
8
15
2
How was the moon formed?
during a collision between earth and another small planet
The moon broke away from the sun
The moon formed elsewhere and was captured by Earth's gravity
The earth and moon formed from the protoplanetary disk at the same time
How does Phytoplankton grow?
Photosynthesis
Flowering
Multiplication
Where do Phytoplankton live?
Abyssopelagic Zone
Hadalpelagic Zone
Euphotic Zone
Dark Deep Sea Zone
What is the top layer of the Earth?
Mantle
Crust
Core
Ocean
What percent of the earth does the continental crust cover?
12%
92%
41%
76%
Which piece of evidence was not used by Alfred Wegener to support his theory of continental drift?
Land masses fit together like puzzle pieces
Similar fossils of matching land masses
Similar rock formations on matching land masses
People speak similar languages on matching lands
What was the name of the name of the asteroid that was recently sampled by OSIRIS-REx?
Orion
Titan
Bennu
Haley
OSIRIS-REx recently brought back samples from an asteroid. These samples contained what components vital to life?
Water and Carbon
Sugars and Nitrogen
Fats and Waxes
DNA and RNA
