Friday, July 15, 2022

Geohistory Basic Information Practice Test

People have tried to determine the age of the earth for many years. This practice test focuses on basic information about geohistory. I recommend watching the Crash Course video The History of Life on Earth starting at 1:30 before attempting to take this practice test. This practice test is in adaptive mode, so each question is immediately followed by the correct answer. I also created a Quizlet list of terms related to this practice test that offers flash cards, practice questions, and games.

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Geohistory Basics Practice Test Title Page with Rock Wall in Background

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In 1654, _________ calculated the earth’s age to be approximately 6,000 years old based on Biblical evidence. Possible Answers: Isaac Newton, James Ussher, Georges Cuvier

In 1654, James Ussher calculated the earth’s age to be approximately 6,000 years old based on Biblical evidence.

Robert Hooke recommended that ____ should also be considered and studied when studying early human environments. Possible Answers: books, stars, fossils

Robert Hooke recommended that fossils should also be considered and studied when studying early human environments.

Comte de Buffon thought the Earth underwent phases or _____ when cooling that coincided with Genesis’s six days of creation. Possible answers: epochs, ions, millenia

Comte de Buffon thought the Earth underwent phases or epochs when cooling that coincided with Genesis’s six days of creation, claiming that the Bible complimented rather than contradicted science.

_________ is the belief that events such as tsunamis, meteorites, and earthquakes caused life to become extinct after epochs. Possible answers: Uniformitarianism, Realism, Catastrophism

Catastrophism is the belief that events such as tsunamis, meteorites, and earthquakes caused life to become extinct after epochs.

Georges Cuvier was interested in what __________ thought about creation and extinction. Possible Answers: Native Americans, The Pope, Chinese Emperors

Georges Cuvier was interested in what Native Americans thought about creation and extinction.

Who named the geological eras and thought that deposition and global climate gradual changes could explain changes and extinctions found within geohistory? Possible Answers: Gregor Mendel, Charles Lyell, George Cuvier

Charles Lyell named the geological eras and thought that deposition and global climate gradual changes could explain changes and extinctions found within geohistory?

______ was a paleontologist, observer, and writer who believed the reptilian past was separated by our modern world by a flood, after which humans were created. Possible answers: Abraham Werner, Charles Darwin, Mary Anning

ary Anning was a paleontologist, observer, and writer who believed the reptilian past was separated by our modern world by a flood, after which humans were created.

William Buckland used fossilized ____ to reconstruct ecosystems. Possible answers: poop, bones, leaves

William Buckland used fossilized poop to reconstruct ecosystems.

Geohistorians rely on fossils, _______, and rocks to study the history of Earth. Possible answers: plastics, outer space, volcanoes

Geohistorians rely on fossils, volcanoes, and rocks to study the history of Earth.

_____ is a fossil fuel upon which many people in our world depend. Possible answers: the sun, coal, water

Coal is a fossil fuel upon which many people in our world depend.

_______ created new visual technologies for geological mapping and a new system for tracking rock groupings. Possible answers: Marie Curie, Sir Isaac Newton, Abraham Gottlob Werner

Abraham Gottlob Werner created new visual technologies for geological mapping and a new system for tracking rock groupings.

William Smith was one of the first people to use _________ maps that show something about Earth other than shapes in order to classify different rocks across Britain and was one of the first to use fossils to map rock formations for practical endeavors. Possible answers: thematic, climate, economic

William Smith was one of the first people to use thematic maps that show something about earth other than shapes in order to classify different rocks across Britain and was one of the first to use fossils to map rock formations for practical endeavors.

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