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From Chapter 14
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Which is the original source of atmospheric oxygen?
cooling of Earth's crust
formation of oceans
autotrophs
vocanos
2
What is the approximate age of the earth?
4.5 billion years
3.5 billion years
3.5 million years
4.5 thousand years
3
In what era did humans appear?
cenozoic
Mesozoic
paleozoic
precambrain
4
Which type of fossil will reveal the skin color of a 90 million year old frog?
Amber
mold
petrified
Cast
5
Which is NOT a part of the mesozoic era?
started with the Cambrian Explosion
Plate tetonics
Dinosaurs emerged and occured 251 - 65 millions years ago
K-T boundary that shows a large extinction
6
Nearly all fossils occur in ______ rock.
granite
metamorphic
sedimentary
igneous
7
Which gas most likely was
NOT
a part of Earth's early atmosphere?
nitrogen
carbon dioxide
oxygen
hydrogen cyanide
8
The method used to determine the age of rock by comparing them with those in other layers is__.
half life
radiometric dating
law of superposition
relative dating
9
Which is part of the endosymbiont theory?
Prokaryotes evolved from eukaryotes
ancient prokaryotes engulfed eukaryotes
engulfed nutrients became mitochondria
chloroplasts evolved from prokayotes
10
Which of the following is not a part of the paleozoic era?
started with Cambrian explosion ended with a mass extinction
life in the form of prokaryotes and eukaryotes emerged
occurred 542 - 252 million years ago
life on land emerging
11
The longest period of time is_____.
Eon
Era
Period
Epoch
12
Which describes what scientists believe Earth's appearance was like
4.5 billion
years ago?
one landmass surrounded by a single ocean
molten rock core with a thin crust on the surface
molten rock core, no solid land, bombarded with radiation
several continents surrounded by several oceans
13
A mass extinction that included the disappearance of dinosaurs occurred during the____.
paleozoic era
mesozoic era
Precambrian
Cenozoic era
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Something that does not need to be explained in an acceptable theory about the origin of life.
the genetic code
meiosis and mitosis
production of proteins
molecules to cells
15
Which era of Earth's history could be named the
era of mammals
?
precambrian
Paleozoic
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
16
Louis Pasteur designed an experiment to show ___ was true even for microorganisms.
spontaneous generation
endosymbiont theory
theory of biogenesis
plate tetonics
17
Which is the first era of Earth's history?
Precambrian
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
18
The amount of time it takes for half the original isotope to decay is ________.
Half life
law of superposition
relative dating
radioactive dating
19
What describes the idea of
spontaneous generation?
evolution of the first cells from organic molecules
genetic information passing from parent to offspring
nonliving things becoming alive
Life arising from non life
20
Which of the following is not part of the cenozoic era?
Cambrian explosion started this era
started after the mesozoic era
Humans emerged
65 million to 23 million years
21
Life coming from life is___________
central dogma
endosymbiont theory
Theory of biogenesis
spontaneous generation
22
A _________Consists of one or more periods.
Epoch
Era
Eon
Century
23
Simple organic molecules could be formed from a mixture of gases when sparked by lightening,
primordial soup
spontaneous generation
biogenesis
endosymbiont theory
24
The preservation of an organism is a _______.
Record
treasure
Fossile
Epoch
25
Which explains why oxygen was absent in Earth's early atmosphere?
Excess heat converted atmospheric oxygen into other gases
Volcanic gases suppressed the natural production of oxygen
Photosynthesizing organisms like plants had not yet appeared
Oxygen chemically combined with newly formed rocks