Unit 2: Geology

___ are pieces of the ancient, original crust, and ___ are where you can see these cores at the surface.

• shields, cratons

• cratons, shields

• prokaryote, eukaryote

• eukaryote, prokaryote

Which of the following is NOT evidence of what early earth looked like?

• zircon crystals

• Genesis rock

• meteorites

• oceanic crust

What happened during differentiation?

• The earth flooded with water

• A meteorite crashed into earth

• The earth separated into layers

• The first organic molecule formed

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What was the last super continent on earth?

• Pangea

• Rodinia

• Pangea Proxima

• Rodinia Proxima

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The first organism to evolve on earth was a ___?

• eukaryote

• prokaryote

• craton

• shield

What is the first predicted macromolecule to form on earth?

• carb

• lipid

• protein

• RNA

Which layer of earth makes up less than 1% of earth's mass?

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

Which layer of the earth is just below the crust and makes up the plates?

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• core

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Which layer of earth is made up of 85% iron and 15% nickel?

• crust

• lithosphere

• mantle

• core

What important discovery did Alfred Wegener make?

• seafloor spreading

• plate tectonics

• continental drift hypothesis

• moment magnitude scale