Evolution EOG Review

Objective 5.01

1. About how many years have passed since Earth’s formation?

2. What do scientists use to study life’s history?

3. What is the Geologic Time Scale?

4. Approximately how long ago did prokaryotes appear?

5. Describe each of the divisions of geologic time:

1. Eon:

  1. Era:
  1. Period:
  1. Epoch:

6. During which period would you find humans?

7. During which period would the first birds arrive? Which era?

8. During which period would the first flowering plants evolve?

9. During which period do the first fish appear?

10. What are fossils?

11. Describe how fossils form in sedimentary rock.

12. How are molds formed?

13. How is a cast formed from a mold?

14. Which type of fossil formation is most common for plants?

15. Explain how rock layers can help to determine the age of fossils.

Objective 5.01 (part 2)

1. What is absolute age?

2. What is radioactive dating?

3. What is relative age? When do scientists use it?

4. What law is used to determine relative age?

5. What causes an unconformity?

6. Describe the following:

1. Angular unconformity:

  1. Intrusion:

7. Why are fossils an important tool for studying Earth’s history?

8. How can fossils provide clues to the climate of a region?

9. How do ice cores provide evidence of climate during certain time periods?

Objective 5.01 (part 3)

1. What is extinction?

2. What percent of all species that ever lived are thought to have gone extinct?

3. What normally causes a species to go extinct?

4. List 5 natural causes of extinctions:

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5. What is a mass extinction?

6. What are the two major theories regarding the extinction of the dinosaurs?

7. How are the two theories similar?

8. What is the K/T layer? What evidence is found in this layer?

9. What human activities lead to extinctions?

Objective 5.02

1. What is evolution?

2. Who proposed the most widely accepted Theory of biological evolution?

3. What is Natural Selection?

4. What are the four major points of Natural Selection:

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5. What is an adaptation?

6. Who proposed the theory of continental drift?

7. Describe the theory of plate tectonics.

8. Describe what happens and what is formed at each of the following types of boundaries:

1. Convergent boundary:

2. Divergent boundary:

  1. Transform boundary:

9. Why does technology evolve?

Objective 5.03

1. How do fossils of Mesosaurus provide evidence of continental drift?

2. What type of feature forms at a subduction zone?

3. What happens at a boundary where two continental plates meet?

4. Describe the process by which the Hawaiian Islands were formed (hint: Hot Spot).

5. Describe two types of mechanical weathering.

6. What is chemical weathering?

Objective 5.05

1. What is a topographic map?

2. How can a topographic map show the features of the earth?

3. What is a contour line?

4. How is ground truthing involved in the making of a topographic map?

5. What are the benefits of remote sensing?

6. What is urban sprawl?

Goal 5 EOG Review (pages 276-280)

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Quick Chemistry Practice!

1. What does the atomic number of an element tell you?

2. What is a period on the periodic table?

3. What is a group/family on the periodic table?

4. Why do elements in a group have similar properties?

5. What is the Law of Conservation of Matter?

6. Balance the following equations:

1. Cl2 + NaBr  NaCl + Br2

2. CuCl2 + H2S  CuS + HCl

3. HgO + Cl2  HgCl + O2

4. C2H6 + O2  CO2 + H2OHH

7. Describe the following factors related to the effects of a chemical on an organism:

1. Dose:

  1. Potency:
  1. Exposure Time:
  1. Individual Susceptibility:
  1. Concentration: