Week 2 - TTO3 The history of earth

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• Leerjaar 3

When the Earth was created,
it cooled quickly

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

As a result of volcanic activity, CO² and water vapour were released into the atmosphere

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

Water vapour condensed and formed the current oceans

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

How long did it approximately rain when the first rainfall apeared on earth (and filled the oceans)?

1. 100 years
2. 1000 years
3. 10.000 years
4. 1.000.000 years

About three million years ago, bacteria formed from which later more complex life forms were created

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

New life forms became more and more complex. Place the following life forms in order of origin:

fish

land animals

mammals

amphibians

molluscs

shellfish

Any living thing can be fossilised

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

What does the finding of a mammoth at the bottom of the North Sea tell us?

1. The climate was colder then
2. The climate was hotter then
3. The North Sea was bigger then
4. The North Sea was once dry

What can you tell about the past when you encounter limestone?

1. There was no sea there
2. There was once a sea there
3. There were mountains there
4. There was a forrest there

When an ammonite (trace fossil)
is found in a layer of limestone, how long ago was it fossilised?

1. Between 2,5 and 65 million years ago
2. Between 65 and 250 million years ago
3. Between 250 and 550 million years ago
4. More than 550 million years ago

Write down the three different types of rock

Put the concepts on the correct spot in the overview

sedimentary rock

  

igneous rock

metamorphic rock

formed layer by layer

Formed by volcanism

transformed rock

Put the concepts on the correct spot in the overview

sedimentary rock

  

igneous rock

metamorphic rock

marble

Limestone

Basalt

What kind of rock was created by the slow solidification of magma underground?

1. Basalt
2. Granite
3. Sandstone
4. Gneis

"The oldest layer is at the bottom"
In this way the ………………… is measured

1. Relative age
2. Absolute age

The age can be determined by measuring radioactive material in rock

1. Relative age
2. Absolute age