Domain 7: The History of Earth Domain Review

Question 1

I shoot gooey rock from the outer core through cracks in the mantle. What am I?

Accepted Answer

volcano

Question 2

This rock is created by pieces of dirt and rock pressing down on top of one another.

Accepted Answer

sedimentary rock

Question 3

Dinosaurs are extinct, which means...

Accepted Answer

there are no dinosaurs left on the earth

Question 4

Which one is NOT a type of volcano?

Accepted Answer

mantle

Question 5

I am a type of rock that is formed from hot magma or lava that cools and hardens. What am I?

Accepted Answer

Igneous

Question 6

The equator is where the sun hits the earth the ________, so it is very hot.

Accepted Answer

most

Question 7

I come in many forms. You can feel me when you stand outside on a sunny day. What am I?

Accepted Answer

heat

Question 8

What does a geologist study?

Accepted Answer

Rocks

Question 9

The earth has 2 layers: the crust and the core.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

I shoot out steam heated from deep within the earth. What am I?

Accepted Answer

geyser

Question 11

The equator is the imaginary line that runs around the ________ of the earth.

Accepted Answer

center

Question 12

I shoot gooey rock from the outer core through cracks in the mantle due to ...

Accepted Answer

heat and pressure

Question 13

Some people measure me with a clock, but I cannot be seen. What am I?

Accepted Answer

time

Question 14

How many oceans are on the earth?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 15

I have layers, like a bed, but I am shaped like a ball. What am I?

Accepted Answer

Earth

Question 16

I am a rock that forms in layers. Sometimes you can find fossils in my layers. What am I?

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary rock

Question 17

I study plants and animals that lived on the earth a long time ago.

Accepted Answer

paleontologist

Question 18

Can things live below the crust in the mantle?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 19

The inner core is a solid metal ball in the center of the Earth.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

How many continents are on the earth?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 21

I am extinct but scientists believe I lived millions of years ago.

Accepted Answer

dinosaurs

Question 22

This rock is formed when heat and pressure change igneous and sedimentary rocks into new rocks.

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

Question 23

This rock is formed from hot lava or magma that cools and hardens like a candle.

Accepted Answer

igneous

Question 24

Fossils are pieces of rock that come from the eruption of a geyser.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

What is the outermost layer of the earth, where we live?

Accepted Answer

crust

Question 26

What are the three most important things for geologists?

Accepted Answer

Heat, pressure, time

Domain 7: The History of Earth Domain Review

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Domain 7: The History of Earth Domain Review

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