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Mount Si Big History Project's 2015 Unit #4 "Earth and the Solar System" Review
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Which of the following best characterize the "Phanerozoic Eon"...
the eon named for the species Homo sapiens (Humans)
hellish due to cosmic impacts, volcanic activity, high temps
eon with the transition from Carbon to Oxygen atmosphere
the eon in which the first lifeforms evolved
2
This image is of...
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Neptune
3
The arrow marked with #2 is pointing to which layer of the Earth?
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
4
Big History class with Mr. Baginski is...
the single most enraging experience in all of history
my favorite class ever
my favorite class so far in high school
a tough but interesting class
5
The "supercontinent" that according to Geologists once existed on Earth is called?
Pancreas
Dystopia
Utopia
Pangea
6
Which of the following best characterize the "Hadean Eon"...
the eon in which the first lifeforms evolved
hellish due to cosmic impacts, volcanic activity, high temps
the eon named for the species Homo sapiens (Humans)
eon with the transition from Carbon to Oxygen atmosphere
7
The arrow marked with #4 is pointing to which layer of the Earth?
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
8
What caused Earth's atmosphere to transition from carbon-heavy to oxygen-heavy
oxygenating trees that were never recycled back into carbon
Cosmic Impacts (asteroids and comets)
Volcanic Eruptions that burned coal deposits in Siberia
evolution of early life-forms known as prokaryotes
9
The arrow marked with #1 is pointing to which layer of the Earth?
Outer Core
Mantle
Inner Core
Crust
10
According to scientific evidence our Solar System and Earth formed...
100,000 years ago
4,000 years ago
between 4.65-4 billion years ago
14 billion years ago
11
The scientist who accurately proved Plate Tectonics, with the help of Bruce Heezen, was?
Alfred Wegner
Marie Tharp
Niel de Grasse Tyson
Carl Sagan
12
The term for the process thru which the layers of Earth were separated from heavy to light is?
Differentiation
Accretion
Plate Tectonics
Inflation
13
The 4 inner, or "Rocky Planets", are...
Mercury, Neptune, Earth & Mars
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus
Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars
14
Every year, the continents move a little further apart. This is most likely caused by…
Pangea
Plate Tectonics
Accretion
Cosmic Impacts
15
The planets in the "Goldlilocks Zone" (habitable zone) of our Solar System include...
Mercury, Venus, and Earth
None of these is correct
Earth and Mars
Venus, Earth, and Mars
16
This is an image of...
Mercury
the Moon
Mars
Earth
17
The Oort Cloud is the...
The ring of dwarf planets, comets & asteroids beyond Neptune
ring of asteroids and dwarf planets between Mars & Jupiter
only nebulae located in our Solar System
bubble of comets/asteroids at the edge of our Solar System
18
Which of the following represents the correct order for the formation of the Earth?
Planetesimal, Planet, Protoplanetary disk
Protoplanetary disk, planetesimal, planet
Protoplanetary disk, planet, planetesimal
None of these answers are correct
19
The mixture of gasses surrounding Earth (and other planets) is called...
the Hemisphere
the Chromosphere
the Galacticsphere
the Atmosphere
20
All of the following are bodies you can see in our solar system EXCEPT…
Asteroids
Gas giants
Rocky planets
Exoplanets
21
Earth has suffered a series of these "events", both natural and possibly man-made...
Extension
Eviction
Extinction
Distinction
22
Which of the following best characterize the "Anthropocene Eon"...
the eon named for the species Homo sapiens (Humans)
eon with the transition from Carbon to Oxygen atmosphere
the eon in which the first lifeforms evolved
hellish due to cosmic impacts, volcanic activity, high temps
23
Lifeforms that have evolved around deep ocean volcanic vents use what process to survive?
osmosis
chemotherapy
chemosynthesis
photosynthesis
24
Comets...
All of these are correct in regards to Comets
may be where Earth's water came from
are objects made mostly of ice that orbit the sun
come from the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
25
The scientist who accurately predicted Plate Tectonics, which he called continental drift, was?
Alfred Wegner
Bruce Heezen
Niel de Grasse Tyson
Marie Tharp
26
What is the term that describes the process where matter combines into planets, moons, etc.?
Accretion
Geology
Aggregatation
Differentiation
27
Earth's Evil Twin, a planet with runaway "Greenhouse Effect" (global warming) is...
Neptune
Venus
Mercury
Mars
28
Roughly how many "Exoplanets" have been discovered and/or verified thus far?
20,000
2,000
200
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The collision with Theia, Earth’s twin, made which of the following possible?
The creation of Pangea
The creation of the oceans
The creation of the atmosphere
The creation of the moon
30
Which of the following best characterize the "Proterozoic Eon"...
the eon in which the first lifeforms evolved
eon with the transition from Carbon to Oxygen atmosphere
hellish due to cosmic impacts, volcanic activity, high temps
the eon named for the species Homo sapiens (Humans)
31
The two "outermost planets" are...
Pluto and Neptune
Jupiter and Saturn
Mercury & Venus
Uranus and Neptune
32
Which of the following does not prove the "Rare Earth" Theory?
Earth's complex history is highly unlikey to be repeated
We have yet to find any other evidence of alien life
Because God(s) created the Earth to be one of a kind
2,000+ Exoplanets, some "Earthlike", have been found so far
33
This is an image of...
Mars
Pluto
Mercury
Earth
34
This is an image of...
Saturn
Neptune
Venus
Jupiter
35
What caused Earth's atmosphere to transition from oxygen-heavy to carbon-heavy
oxygenating trees that were never recycled back into carbon
Volcanic Eruptions that burned coal deposits in Siberia
evolution of early life-forms known as prokaryotes
Cosmic Impacts (asteroids and comets)
36
Which of the following is not true in regards to Jupiter?
huge gravitational effect on solar system
possibly a failed star
known for its famous rings
is a gas giant and the biggest planet in solar system
37
The arrow marked with #3 is pointing to which layer of the Earth?
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
38
Ceres is...
a Dwarf Planet and/or large Asteroid in the Asteroid Belt
The automated voice on iPhones and other Apple products
the former planet recently demoted that is near Kuiper Belt
The most important space telescope ever created
39
Geology is the study of...
the DNA make up of human populations
the physical make up of Earth
boring
the chemical make up of the Atmosphere
40
This is an image of...
Earth
the Deathstar
Kepler 246b an Earthlike Exoplanet 44,000 light years away
the Moon
41
This is an image of...
Kepler 246b an Earthlike Exoplanet 44,000 light years away
the Moon
Earth
the Deathstar
42
An "Exoplanet" refers to...
A group of mutants under the leadership of Professor Xavier
A small planet-like body that doesn't behave like planets
The hard shell on the outside of an invertabrate
Any planet orbiting a star other than the Sun
43
Which of the following is not a "New Complexity" seen in Unit #4 Earth & Solar System?
Asteroids/Comets
Solar Systems
Planets/Moons
Nebulae/new stars
44
The theory that Earth's crust is separate plates that are in constant motion is called…
Plate Tectonics
Differentiation
Continental Drift
Tectonic Plates
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This is an image of...
a Comet
an Asteroid
Earth's Moon
Accretion
