MondayJanuary 10, 2011

(Review for Semester Final Exam – Day 3)

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Assignment Currently Open Pages Date of Notes

on Website Date Issued Date Due

Five Multiple Choice Questions on Plate Tectonics

11/11 11/12

Project – Decade Volcanoes

11/15 11/19

Project – Killer Earthquakes

11/17 12/1

Project – Greatest Mountains

11/19 12/3

Project – Fossils 12/2 12/9

Lab: Properties of Minerals

12/13 12/14

Video Quiz – Rocks & Minerals

12/15 12/15

Project – Types of Rocks

12/15 1/5

Review for Semester Final Exam

Day 3

31What do all of the objects in these pictures have

in common?

They were all found on the Earth.

32List three reasons why Pluto is no longer

considered to be a planet.

Pluto has a higher orbital eccentricity than any other planet.

Pluto has a high orbital inclination of 17°.

Pluto’s orbit takes it into the Kuiper Belt.

33What is currently the most widely accepted hypothesis regarding the Moon’s formation?

A body the size of Mars hit the young Earth and the resulting debris formed

the Moon.

34What produced most Moon craters?

impacts from meteoroids

35What has the greatest effect on

Earth’s tides?

the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon

36The Geosphere of the earth can best be described as

___________________________.

the solid matter of the Earth

37“Outgassing” played a big part in the creation of

the Earth’s _____________________.

atmosphere and hydrosphere

38What causes tectonic

plate movement?

The lithosphere slides across the asthenosphere.

39What does the iron nickel core of the

Earth generate?

Earth’s magnetic field

40What had occurred by the end of the

Precambrian Eon?

most of Earth’s stable continental crust had been created

41The following events lead from simple chemotropic bacteria to more advanced life forms. Put them in the order in which they occurred: multicellular organisms, photosynthetic organisms,

eukaryotic cells, sexual reproduction, eukaryotic cells

eukaryotic cells, photosynthetic organisms, multicellular organisms, sexual reproduction

42This creature probably evolved

directly into modern:

amphibians.

43Name three events that could cause a

mass extinction.

the release of large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere

a large asteroid impacting the Earth

a drastic change in global climate

44Describe dinosaurs and trilobites.

Dinosaurs were vertebrate reptiles, not lizards.

Trilobites were ancient invertebrates that once dominated

the seas.

45What is true about this creature?

This creature is a reptile.