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