1.1 and Chapter 9 Review
1.1 Technology is used to explore the Earth system
1. Define system. ______2. Compare an open and closed system
3. List and define the 4 parts of the Earth system
· ______
· ______
· ______
· ______
4. Which greek prefix is matched with its correct meaning?
a. hydro=life b. atmo=gas c. bio=earth d. geo=water
5. What protion of Earth is covered by water?
a. ¼ b. ½ c. ¾ d. ⅔
6. The continents and ocean basins are part of Earth’s
a. crust b. mantle c. outer core d. inner core
7. Which Earth system includes humans?
a. atmosphere b. biosphere c. hydrosphere d. geosphere
8. One way the atmosphere shapes Earth’s surface is by
a. winds b. floods c. earthquakes d. tunnels
9. How are the major parts of the Earth system related to each other?
a. they rarely can be studied together c. they usually work independently
b. they often are in conflict d. they continually affect each other
Chapter 9- Rocks, fossils and other types of natural evidence tell Earth’s story.
For 10-12, complete the concept definition map for each other the vocabulary terms listed below. Look at page 313 in your textbook for an example.
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13. Which of the following might show evidence of a year with low rainfall?
a. tree rings b. index fossils c. original remains d. sedimentary rock
14. In which time span did the dinosaurs live?
a. Cenozoic era b. Mesozoic era c. Paleozoic era d. Precambrian time
15. What is the age of Earth?
a. 570 million years b. 1.1 billion years c. 4.6 billion years d. 9.5 billion years
16. What was the earliest form of life?
a. a fish b. a fern c. a one-celled organism d. a reptile
17. Which statement best describes the theory of uniformitarianism?
a. Earth continues to change as it always has.
b. Earth is changing, but not as quickly as it used to.
c. Earth is changing, but faster than it used to
d. Earth is no longer changing.
18. How does petrified wood form?
a. a log falls into water that freezes b. igneous rock covers a log and heats it
b. Sedimentary rock forms over a log d. water seeps through a log, replacing it’s cells with minerals
19. A cast fossil is formed from
a. igneous rock b. a mold c. amber d. wood
20. Which of these substances best preserves soft parts of an organism?
a. sedimentary rock b. igneous rock c. amber d. air
21. Which part of an ancient reptile would you expect to see in a rock fossil?
a. eye b. bone c. heart d. muscle
22. Which type of fossil would be most likely to show the complete outline of a leaf?
a. petrified wood b. carbon film c. cast fossil d. trace fossil
23. What are no fossils found in igneous rocks? ______
24. Why is radioactive dating not useful for determining the ages or sedimentary rocks?
______
For questions 25-28 look at the picture of the rock layers on page 314 in your textbook.
25. For which of the labeled rock formation could the absolute age be determined? ______
Why? ______
26. Which of the labeled rock formations is the youngest? ______How do you know? ______
27. Which rock is younger, C or D? ______Why? ______
28. Which of the labeled rock layers is the oldest? ______Why? ______
29. Why do you think the Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic eons are not divided into eras, period, or epochs? ______
30. How is the geologic timescale like a calendar? ______How is it different? ______
31. Eons are the largest/smallest (circle one) divisions of time. The Phanerozoic Eon is divided into 3 different ______and those are further divided into smaller ______. (look at page 306 and 307 in textbook for assistance)
32. Look at the geologic time scale and think about the major events in the history of Earth and the changes in life forms that it shows. How do rocks, fossils and other natural evidence tell Earth’s story? ______
33. What do you think will remain as evidence of today’s worlds 100,000 years from now? ______How will the types of evidence differ from those that remain from 100,000 years ago? ______