- 1. Which dating method is commonly used to determine the age of the Earth?
A) Tree ring dating
B) Carbon dating
C) Stratigraphic dating
D) Radiometric dating
- 2. What is the age of the oldest minerals found on Earth?
A) 4.9 billion years
B) 5.7 billion years
C) 3.2 billion years
D) 4.4 billion years
- 3. Which scientist proposed the theory of continental drift, contributing to our understanding of Earth's history?
A) Charles Darwin
B) Isaac Newton
C) Galileo Galilei
D) Alfred Wegener
- 4. What do we call the supercontinent that existed over 300 million years ago?
A) Rodinia
B) Laurasia
C) Gondwana
D) Pangaea
- 5. What evidence supports the theory of the Earth's age based on geological formations?
A) Volcanoes
B) Earthquakes
C) Fossils
D) Hurricanes
- 6. What is the process of the Earth's outer layer breaking into separate plates that move over the asthenosphere?
A) Crustal displacement
B) Mantle convection
C) Plate tectonics
D) Seafloor spreading
- 7. What event is believed to have caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs around 66 million years ago?
A) Shift in Earth's magnetic field
B) Climate change
C) Asteroid impact
D) Volcanic eruption
- 8. Which era marks the time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth?
A) Paleozoic Era
B) Mesozoic Era
C) Cenozoic Era
D) Precambrian Era
- 9. What is the term for the process by which one kind of living thing gives rise to another kind of living thing over time?
A) Genetics
B) Natural selection
C) Evolution
D) Mutation
- 10. What geologic era followed the Mesozoic Era?
A) Proterozoic Era
B) Archaean Era
C) Paleozoic Era
D) Cenozoic Era
- 11. Who proposed the nebular hypothesis, which provides insights into the age of the Earth?
A) Aristotle
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Isaac Newton
D) Immanuel Kant
- 12. How does the study of ice cores provide information about the Earth's history?
A) By studying fossilized pollen
B) By counting annual layers
C) By measuring magnetic properties
D) By analyzing trapped gases and isotopes
- 13. Which celestial body is believed to have collided with the early Earth, leading to the formation of the Moon?
A) Jupiter
B) Venus
C) Theia
D) Mars
- 14. Who proposed the concept of deep time, emphasizing the vast timescales of Earth's history?
A) Nicolas Copernicus
B) James Hutton
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Galileo Galilei
- 15. What is the main mechanism driving the movement of tectonic plates on Earth?
A) Mantle convection
B) Magnetic field fluctuations
C) Meteorite impacts
D) Gravitational forces
- 16. What is the name of the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller particles by natural forces?
A) Lithification
B) Deposition
C) Erosion
D) Weathering
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