1. What is the circumference of the Earth?
a.10,000 kilometersc. 20,000 miles
b.40,000 kilometersd 40,000,000 meters
e both “b” and “d”
2. How many meters in a kilometer?
a10c. 100
b.1,000d. .1
3. How many centimeters in one meter?
a.10c. 100
b.1,0000d. .1
4. Over the course of their lifetimes, trees will do what to the level of gasses in the atmosphere?
a.Nothing, O2 and CO2 level will remain constantc. O2 will be increased
b.CO2 will be decreasedd. CO2 and O2 will both increase
5. A meteor is
a.On the groundc. In space
b.Falling through the aird. Lost
6. About how much of the water (on Earth) is salty?
a.3%c. 25%
b.75%d. 97%
7. Meteorology is the study of
a.Things in the airc. Meteors
b.Rocks falling from spaced. The atmosphere
8. A glacier would most likely fall within what “sphere” within Earth Systems?
a.Biospherec. Lithosphere
b.Hydrosphered. Atmosphere
9. The study of how the different spheres of the Earth interact is called
a.Geosciencec. Earth Science
b.Geospherologyd. Earth Systems
10. A meteor is
a.On the groundc. In space
b.Falling through the aird. Lost
11. Humans are part of the
a.Hydrospherec. Biosphere
b.Atmosphered. All of the above
12. Meteorology is the study of
a.Things in the airc. Meteors
b.Rocks falling from spaced. The atmosphere
13. What is the most effective greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, the most significant?
a. Carbon dioxidec.Methane
b. Water vapord.Carbon monoxide
14. Where is most of the CO2 on the earth held?
a. Atmospherec.Ocean
b. Geosphered.Biosphere
15. About how much of the air is Carbon dioxide
a. 1%c.10%
b. Less than 1/2 of 1%d.5%
16. What kind of water holds the most carbon dioxide?
a. Warmc.Cold
b. Wetd.Friendly
17. About how much more carbon dioxide is there in the atmosphere, than their was in 1850?
a 10%c.20%
b 30%d.100%
18. What marker goes through Greenwich, England?
a. Equatorc.English Meridian
b. Line of Longituded.Prime Meridian
19. Which lines go north and south on a globe (up and down stripes) are
a. Latitudec.Great circles
b. Longituded.Equations
20. These lines are parallel to each other
a. Date linesc.Time zones
b. Latituded.Longitude
21. This system uses sound (and its echo) to measure navigation and ranging.
a. Global Positioning Systemc.Landsat
b. RADARd.SONAR
22. A GPS coordinate system uses how many satellites for triangulation, at a minimum?
a. Twoc.Three
b. Fourd.Five
23. What needs to be unique, widespread, abundant and short time span?
a. Amberc. Index fossil
b. Cast and moldd. Original preservation
24. This is made from tree sap?
a. A trace fossilc. Amber
b. An index fossild. A cast and mold
25. Which of the following would be a fossil of original preservation?
a. A trace fossilc. Cast and mold
b. An index fossild. Amber
26. Another name for petrified wood is what?
a. Stromatilitec. Perminerization
b. Trilobited. Parasite
27. What kind of rock, and only this kind, will contain fossils?
a. Igneous rocksc. Sedimentary
b. Metamorphicd. Actually, all of them can
28. The correct term for fossilized dinosaur feces is …….
a. Dioritec.Coprolite
b. Peterolited.Permineralite
29. What kind of fossil gives only evidence of past life, without an actual artifact?
a. Index Fossilc.Cast and Mold
b. Trace Fossild.Fossil of unaltered remains
30. Amber would be fossils of what?
a. Index Fossilc.Cast and Mold
b. Trace Fossild.Fossil of unaltered remains
31. Which of the following is needed for good fossil preservation
a. Hard parts, oxygen, fast burialc.Water, no oxygen, fast burial
b. Water, soft parts, fast buriald. No oxygen, Hard Parts, Fast burial
32. What kind of fossil gives only evidence of past life, without an actual artifact?
a. Index Fossilc.Cast and Mold
b. Trace Fossild.Fossil of unaltered remains
33. Amber would be fossils of what?
a. Index Fossilc.Cast and Mold
b. Trace Fossild.Fossil of unaltered remains
34. A material has 80 grams of a radioactive substance, and the half-life of the substance is 5 days. How many grams of the substance will remain after 8 half lives?
35.Which would be more accurate, the carbon-14 dating of an organism that has been DEAD for 4,000 years, or the dating of an organism that has been dead for 40,000 years.
a. 4,000 yearsc. It would be the same
b. 40,000 yearsd. C-14 dating would not be
accurate for either
36. What kind of burial would be needed for a fossil to form?
a. Warm wet soilsc. Dry soils, lots of oxygen
b. Rapid burial of hard partsd. Slow burial on the surface of land
37. What is the longest era, by far?
a. Cenozoicc. Mesozoic
b. Paleozoicd. Precambrian
38. Which era is called the age of the fishes?
a. Paleozoicc. Precambrian
b. Cenozoicd. Mesozoic
39. The core of Earth is made of
a. Iron, Nickel and heavy metalsc. Basalt
b. Granited. Carbon
40. The first atmosphere of Earth (after Hydrogen and Helium) was made mostly of CO2, H2O, nitrogen and …
a. Oxygenc. Acids
b. Methaned. Carbon monoxide
41. Free oxygen was released by
a. Rhodeniansc. Trilobites
b. Lauentiansd. Stromatilites
42. The best index fossil for the end of the pre-cambrian era is
a. Stromatilitec. Trilobite
b. Mesosarousd. Declopodia
43. A type of oxygen molecule, with three (3) oxygen atoms combined is
a. Ozonec. Trizone
b. Oxygen trihydrated. Trioxygen
44. The heating of the early Earth was by radioactive decay, meteor bombardment and
a. The Sunc. Gravity
b. Cosmic raysd. Nearby supernovae
45. Free oxygen was released by
a. Rhodeniansc. Trilobites
b. Lauentiansd. Stromatilites
46. The best index fossil for the end of the pre-cambrian era is
a. Stromatilitec. Trilobite
b. Mesosarousd. Declopodia
47. A type of oxygen molecule, with three (3) oxygen atoms combined is
a. Ozonec. Trizone
b. Oxygen trihydrated. Trioxygen
48. The heating of the early Earth was by radioactive decay, meteor bombardment and
a.The Sunc. Gravity
b.Cosmic raysd. Nearby supernovae
49. What is the longest era, by far?
a. Cenozoicc. Mesozoic
b. Paleozoicd. Precambrian
50. Which era is called the age of the fishes?
a. Paleozoicc. Precambrian
b. Cenozoicd. Mesozoic
51. Oxygen was put into the atmosphere by what organism?
a. Trilobitec. Mesosaur
b. Stromatilited. Carposaurous
52. How many oxygen atoms are in an Ozone molecule?
a. Onec. Three
b. Twod. Four
53. Which of these are in order, from longest time-frame to the shortest time-frame?
a. Eon, Epoch, Period, Erac. Period, Eon, Era, Epoch
b. Epoch, Eon, Period, Erad. Eon, Era, Period, Epoch
54. What is the name of the Epoch that we live in now?
a. Holocenec. Centrantic
b. Cambriand. Abyssal
55. What is the Era that we are living in now?
a. Precambrianc. Mesozoic
b. Cenozoicd. Paleozoic
56. During what era did the dinosaurs live?
a. Precambrianc. Mesozoic
b. Cenozoicd. Paleozoic
57. What means “ancient life”
a. Precambrianc. Mesozoic
b. Cenozoicd. Paleozoic
58. Which was the “age of the fishes”
a. Precambrianc. Mesozoic
b. Cenozoicd. Paleozoic
59. What was the name of the index fossil, that showed the end of the Precambrian era?
a. Trilobitec. Mesosaur
b. Stromatilited. Carposaurous
60. What is the name for the process when one plate is going “under” another?
a. Convergencec. Subduction
b. Transformationd. Transverse
61. Where is the Ocean getting “bigger”?
a. mid-ocean ridgec. oceanic trench
b. north and south polesd. equator
62. What is the term that means that the ocean crust is being pushed under the continental crust?
a. diversionc. subduction
b. conversiond. transform
63. What is the fossil that marks the end of the Precambrian era, and the start of the Paleozoic era?
a. Stromatolitec. Diorite
b. Trilobited. Cynobite
64. Where would ocean rocks be the oldest?
a. near the middle of the oceanc. near the coast of continents
b. near the north and south polesd. near the equator
65. What word means the study of ancient magnetism on Earth?
a. magnetologyc. paleomagnetism
b. historical magnetismd. neomagnetism
66. What is the name for the process when one plate is going “under” another?
a. Convergencec. Subduction
b. Transformationd. Transverse
67. Where is the Ocean getting “bigger”?
a. mid-ocean ridgec. oceanic trench
b. north and south polesd. equator
68. What is the fossil that marks the end of the Precambrian era, and the start of the Paleozoic era?
a. Stromatolitec.Diorite
b. Trilobited.Cynobite
69. In what country (or continent) does glacial till (dirt from a glacier) give evidence of continental drift?
a. Asia b. North America c. Europe d. Australia e. India f. China h. Antarctica
70. What is the name of the fossil animal that is on the west coast of Africa, east coast of S. America?
a. Trilobite b. Stromatolitec. Slausosaurousd. Pleaseasour e. Mesosaur
71. The longest era by far is
a. Paleozoicc. Cenozoic
b. Mesozoicd. Precambrian
72. The age of the fishes was the
a. Paleozoicc. Cenozoic
b. Mesozoicd. Precambrian
73. The human species that lost to homo sapiens was
a. Stupid othipicasc. Neanderthals
b. Austro antichipusd. Sou theastinous
74. The kind of light that is stopped by ozone is
a. Visiblec. Infra-red
b. Ultra violetd. Gamma
75. We live in what epoch?
a. Sapiensc. Holocene
b. Cenozoicd. Mesozoic
76. Dinosaurs ruled which time frame?
a. Paleozoicc. Cenozoic
b. Mesozoicd. Precambrian
77. Stromatilites did what for us?
a. Give us ozonec. Give us free oxygen
b. Removed carbon dioxided. Created coal
78. Mesosaurus is found on what two continents?
a. Antarctica and India (subcontinent)c. Asia and North America
b. South America and North Americad. South America and Africa
79. Who developed the idea of Continental Drift?
a. James Huttonc. Richard Tarbuck
b. Alfred Wagenerd. Michael Ellington
80. On Antarctica, people have fossils that prove it was once much warmer. What was the fossil of?
a. Palm treesc. Ferns
b. Redwoodsd. Grasses
81. India has evidence of what, in its layers of disturbed soils?
a. Warm past climatec. Large tsunamis
b. Glaciersd. Large-scale farming
82. The last two super continents were named what?
a. Laurentia, then Pangaeac. Pangaea then Rhodenia
b. Rhodenia then Pangaead. Laurentia then Rhodenia
83. A very important fossil was found, that showed that Africa and South America were one connected. What was the name of that animal?
a. Trilobitec. Mesosaur
b. Stegosaurd. Saurousaur
84. How fast do continents move around, on average?
a. 1” – 6” inches per yearc. 12” – 36” inches per year
b. 6” to 12” inches per yeard. 10 or more feet per year
85. New Earth is formed near what feature? For those of you who like to split hairs, the age of the atoms are the same. We speak of the time when the molten material hardened into stone.
a. Subduction zonec. Lithosphere
b. Mid-ocean ridged. Epicenters
85. Plates tend to move about the Earth. Why do they move about in such a manner? You may have more than one answer.
a. Convection currentsc. Slab pulling
b. The speed of the Earth’s rotationd. Hot spot displacement
86. Yellowstone is a hot-spot, supervolcano. What plate does the hot spot come up through?
a. Wyoming platec. Colorado plate
b. North American plated. Pacific Plate
87. Things will become very “interesting” off of the Pacific Northwest coast. This is because of the subduction of what plate?
a. Pacific platec. Juan de Fuca plate
b. Cocos plated. North American plate
88. The farther inland one goes, the location of earthquakes change. How does the location of earthquakes change?
a. They are shallower (closer “up”)c. They are neared the shoreline
b. They are deeper into the Earthd. They are more northerly
89. What was the name of the last major volcano in the continental United States?
a. Mt. Hoodc. Mt. Saint Helens
b. Mt Rainerd. Mt Cascadian
90. In what kind of plate boundary do the plates slide past each other?
a.Divergentc. Convergent
b. Transform faultd. Revergent
91. What will form when ocean crust subducts under ocean crust?
a. Mountain chainc. Island Arc
b. Divergent plate boundaryd. Transform plate boundary
92. Where does a trench form?
a. Divergent boundariesc. Convergent boundaries
b. Transform fault boundariesd. Revergent areas
93. Which of the following is a transform plate boundary?
a. Los Angelesc. Himalayas Mountains
b. Yellowstoned. Mid Ocean Ridges
94. Where is new Earth formed
a. Mountain chainc. Island Arc
b. Divergent plate boundaryd. Transform plate boundary
95. Which country is a result of an Island Arc?
a. Icelandc. Japan
b. Greenlandd. Cuba
96. What system uses sound waves to calculate the distance to an object?
a. Radarc. Sonar
b. Freemantled. Fathomization
97. What is the letter of the description of a subduction zone
a. where an oceanic plate is forced beneath a second plate
b. where an oceanic plate grinds past a second plate
c. where a continental plate grinds past a second plate
d. where an oceanic plate moves away from a second plate
98. A “hot spot” is responsible for what geological structure?
a. Himalaya mountainsc. Mid-ocean ridge
b. Icelandd. Yellowstone
99. Where is new Earth created
a. Mid ocean ridgec. Subduction zone
b. “ hot spots”d. Transform zones
100. Which kind of boundary will show paleomagnetism?
a. Convergentc. Divergent
b. Transformd. State
101. What island is the result of a “hot spot”
a. Icelandc. Japan
b. Greenlandd. Hawaii
102. What kind of boundary does Los Angeles sit upon?
a. Convergentc. Divergent
b. Transformd. Revergent
103. What kind of boundary results in tsunami earthquakes?
a. Convergentc. Divergent
b. Transformd. Revergent
104. Which kind of boundary creates metamorphic rocks
a. Convergentc. Divergent
b. Transformd. Revergent
105. Which one of these boundaries is totally a figment of Mr. Monroe’s imagination?
a. ConvergentC. Divergent
b. Transformd. Revergent
106. Igneous
a. Changed formc. From volcanoes
b. From fired. Hot
107. Intrusive
a. Into other rocksc. Stayed in Earth
b. Came into the surfaced. Cooled quickly
108. Granite
a. Pinkish, large crystalsc. Pinkish, small crystals
b. Dark, with variety of crystalsd. Extrusive with large crystals, and is
pink
109. Pumice
a. From Hawaii, dark, no crystalsc. From Hawaii, light, large crystals and
air pockets
b. Light, air pockets, pale colord. Pale color, solid, no air pockets
110. Basalt
a. Dark, dense, continental crustc. Dark, light, continental crust
b. Dark, light, oceanic crustd. Dark, dense, oceanic crust
111. Batholith
a. Covers 100’s of square kilometersc. Covers 10’s of square kilometers
b. Means “lake of rock”d. Moves horizontally through rock layers
112. Stock
a. Covers 100’s of square kilometersc. Covers 10’s of square kilometers
b. Means “lake of rock”d. Moves horizontally through rock layers
113. Large crystals indicate
a. Fast coolingc. Smooth texture
b. Slow coolingd. Rough texture
114. Metamorphism needs
a. High heatc. High pressure
b. High heat and pressured. Magma
115. Contact metamorphism occurs in the presence of
a. High heat and waterc. High heat
b. Water and cementation fluidsd. Silicon
116. The bands of color on a metamorphic rock are called
a. Bands of densityc. Bands of foliation
b. Bands of cleavaged. Color differentiation
117. The bands of color on a metamorphic rock are a result of
a. Characteristics of the minerals in the rockc. Differences in heat
during formation
b. Elevation changes during formationd. Pressure differences during
formation
118. “Hot Spots” are located over
a. Magma rising to the surface of the Earthc. Convergent plate boundaries
b. Divergent plate boundariesd. The ring of fire
119. The source of heat in the Earth is a result of
a. Meteors early in the History of Earthc. Radioactivity of the Iron core
b. Radioactivity of Uranium and other elementsd. Gravitational contraction e. All except “C”
120. When the solar system was new, it was in a cloud known as a
a. Accretionary diskc. Interstellar cloud
b. Big bang cloudd. Solar cloud
121. The solar system began to “clump together”. This process is known as
a. Condensationc. Accretion
b. Deflationd. Convection
122. More dense materials settled to the center of the disk, in a process known as
a. Completionc. Planetizaton
b. Layerizationd. Differentiation
123. As the disk of the solar system got smaller, it began to spin faster, because of an effect known
a. The coriolis effectc. The Doppler effect
b. Conservation of energyd. Conservation of momentum
124. This disk, from which the solar system sprang, is know as a
a. Nebular diskc. Solar disk
b. Accretion diskd. Planetary disk
125. Three things are basically needed to crush gases into something as dense as the Sun. They are
a. Gravity, the weak force, the strong forcec. Gravity, cold and the strong force
b. A supernovae, gravity and cold spaced. Gravity, electricity and the strong force
126. The main gases that made up the earliest solar system were
a. Oxygen and carbonc. Hydrogen and oxygen
b. Helium and Hydrogend. Carbon dioxide and methane
127. A telescope that bends light to a focus point is a
a. Refractive Telescopec. Reflective Telescope
b. Chrono Telescoped. Defective Telescope
128. The telescope that we used to look outside the LSW front doors was a
a. Webster Telescopec. Reflective Telescope
b. Refractive Telescoped. Wardovian Telescope
129. Light is fast. Its speed is
a. 3,000 meters per secondc. 300,000 Kilometers per second
b. 300,000,000 meters per secondd. All above, except “a”, but
including “b” and “c”
130. The shortest wavelengths are
a. Redc. Gamma
b. Blued. Radio
131. A light-year is
a. The distance light travels in a yearc. The time it takes for light to
travel
b. As far as it is from Earth to Vegad. The distance across our Solar
System
132. If the Sun went “out” right now, how long would it be before you knew it?
a. 8.5 light-minutesc. 8 minutes and 30 seconds
b. 2.5 secondsd. “Did Chuck Norris flip a switch off?”
133. What type of telescope can see through inter-stellar clouds of gas and dust?
a. Refractivec. Reflective
b. Hubbled. Radio
134. The Earth has a “wobble”. About how long does it take for the Earth to complete one “wobble” around the zodiac?
a. 10,000 yearsc. 20,000 years
b. 25,000 yearsd. 100,000 years
135. Another name for the “wobble” of the Earth is what?
a. Differentiationc. Precession
b. Retrograde motiond. Rotation
136. Binary Star systems are useful, because they help determine what?
a. Mass of the stars in the systemc. Distance to the stars
b. Chemical composition of the starsd. Temperature of the stars
137. Which is longer, a day according to the Sun (solar day), or a day according to the background stars (sidereal day)?
a. The longest day is a sidereal dayc. The longest day is a solar day
b. The days are the same length (duh)d. The shortest day is any day
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138. A circumpolar star is one that does what?
a. Circles the North polec. Is visible year around