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- 1. Multiple Choice
A person who is using radiometric dating to find the age of a fossil is called a
Paleontologist
Meteorologist
Oceanographer
Seismologist
Fossilologist
- 2. Multiple Choice
A person who studies the weather is called a
Paleontologist
Meteorologist
Oceanographer
Seismologist
Fossilologist
- 3. Multiple Choice
The idea that Earth was shaped through epic events, suddenly is called
Catastrophism
Uniformitarianism
Mantle convection
Nebular hypothesis
Topography
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why is Earth round and not flat?
Gravity
Density
Pressure
Magnetic Field
Convection
- 5. Multiple Choice
What generates Earth's magnetic field?
Electromagnetic induction
Mantle convection
Suns radiation
Rotation of Earth
North & south pole
- 6. Multiple Choice
The idea that Earth was form slowly over time through weathering and erosion is called
Uniformitarianism
Catastrophism
Catastrophism
Topography
Mantle convection
- 7. Multiple Choice
What does the Earth's magnetic field do?
Protects us from radiation from the sun.
Keeps the Earth spinning.
Allows mantle convection to occur.
Acts as a shield from heat.
Generates magnets within the Earth's core.
- 8. Fill in the Blank
Why is the inner core solid if it's temperature is hotter than the inner core? _________________________________
- 9. Multiple Choice
Match the correct term of Earth's layers with it's description.
Inner core
Composed of iron, nickel and the decaying radioactive elements, is the heat source for the planet
Liquid in consistency and rotates at a high speed to create Earth’s magnetic field
The layer that is not liquid and not solid, where convection occurs
Life exists on this layer which averages 29 miles in thickness
- 10. Multiple Choice
Match the correct term of Earth's layers with it's description.
Outer core
Composed of iron, nickel and the decaying radioactive elements, is the heat source for the planet
Liquid in consistency and rotates at a high speed to create Earth’s magnetic field
The layer that is not liquid and not solid, where convection occurs
Life exists on this layer which averages 29 miles in thickness
- 11. Multiple Choice
Match the correct term of Earth's layers with it's description.
Mantle
Composed of iron, nickel and the decaying radioactive elements, is the heat source for the planet
Liquid in consistency and rotates at a high speed to create Earth’s magnetic field
The layer that is not liquid and not solid, where convection occurs
Life exists on this layer which averages 29 miles in thickness
- 12. Multiple Choice
Match the correct term of Earth's layers with it's description.
Crust
Composed of iron, nickel and the decaying radioactive elements, is the heat source for the planet
Liquid in consistency and rotates at a high speed to create Earth’s magnetic field
The layer that is not liquid and not solid, where convection occurs
Life exists on this layer which averages 29 miles in thickness
- 13. Multiple Choice
The inner core and outer core are made mostly of
iron
silicon
aluminum
magnesium
oxygen
- 14. Multiple Choice
If the mantle is a putty type substance, how would it respond to stress?
It would bend and be mold-able
It would flow easily
It would crumble
It would not react
It would expand and grow
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is electromagnetic induction?
iron moving in the core creating electric currents
magma heating near the core, becoming less dense and rising, the sinking back down
finding different coordinates on a map
hydrogen fusion in the core
it is unknown
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