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49) Archeological evidence suggests that boat technology was developed about ________ years
ago.
A) 50,000
B) 5,000
C) 500,000
D) 4,000,000
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
50) Which of the following parts of Polynesia was populated last?
A) Easter Island
B) Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa
C) Marquesas
D) Hawaiian Islands
E) New Zealand
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
51) Which of the following parts of Polynesia was populated first?
A) Easter Island
B) Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa
C) Marquesas
D) Hawaiian Islands
E) New Zealand
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
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52) The first recorded circumnavigation of Africa was made by the ________.
A) Phoenicians
B) Greeks
C) Chinese
D) Polynesians
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
53) Who is credited with being the first person to accurately determine Earth's circumference?
A) Eratosthenes
B) Erik Thorvaldson
C) Claudius Ptolemy
D) Christopher Columbus
E) Pytheas
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
54) Which of the following Vikings is credited with discovering Greenland?
A) Erik Thorvaldson
B) Bjarni Herjolfsson
C) Leif Eriksson
D) Thor Heyerdahl
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
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55) Who of the following is thought to be the first Viking to have seen what is now called
Newfoundland?
A) Erik Thorvaldson
B) Bjarni Herjolfsson
C) Leif Eriksson
D) Thor Heyerdahl
E) Prince Henry the Navigator
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
56) Who sailed from Europe around the tip of Africa to India and established a new trade route?
A) Giovanni Caboto
B) Ferdinand Magellan
C) Juan Sebastian del Caño
D) Vasco Nunez de Balboa
E) Vasco da Gama
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
57) Who is credited with being the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?
A) Ferdinand Magellan
B) Juan Sebastian del Caño
C) Vasco Nunez de Balboa
D) James Cook
E) Vasco da Gama
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
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58) Who was killed in Hawaii during his last sea voyage after a skirmish with local people?
A) Prince Henry the Navigator
B) Giovanni Caboto
C) Ferdinand Magellan
D) James Cook
E) Vasco da Gama
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
59) Who was killed in the Philippines during his last sea voyage after a skirmish with local
people?
A) Prince Henry the Navigator
B) Giovanni Caboto
C) Ferdinand Magellan
D) James Cook
E) Vasco da Gama
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
60) Who left Spain in September 1519 and became the first person to complete a
circumnavigation of the globe when he returned to Spain three years later?
A) Giovanni Caboto
B) Ferdinand Magellan
C) Juan Sebastian del Caño
D) Vasco Nunez de Balboa
E) Vasco da Gama
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
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61) Prior to 1768, which of the following claimed the most human lives at sea?
A) Scurvy
B) Contagious disease
C) Gunfire
D) Shipwreck
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved?
Essent'l Concept: 1.2 Discuss how early exploration of the oceans was achieved
OSLP: 7 The ocean is largely unexplored.
62) Evidence suggests that the Sun and the rest of the solar system formed about five ________
years ago.
A) billion
B) million
C) thousand
D) trillion
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.5 How Were Earth and the Solar System Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.5 Explain how Earth and the solar system were formed
63) Which of the following was true about the Protoearth?
A) Protoearth's size was smaller than today's Earth.
B) Protoearth had one large ocean.
C) Protoearth had early primitive life forms.
D) Protoearth's deep structure was homogeneous.
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 1.5 How Were Earth and the Solar System Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.5 Explain how Earth and the solar system were formed
64) How did the Moon form?
A) The Moon formed due to the impact of a Mars-sized body with the Earth.
B) The Moon was captured by the gravitational pull of the Earth.
C) The Moon erupted from the Earth leaving a scar at the Pacific Ocean.
D) The Moon formed at the same time as the Earth due to simultaneous accretion.
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 1.5 How Were Earth and the Solar System Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.5 Explain how Earth and the solar system were formed
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65) What happened to the nebular gas that remained from the formation of the planets and their
satellites?
A) It was blown away by the solar wind.
B) It condensed to form Earth's ocean.
C) It is about 10% of the modern earth atmosphere.
D) It escaped into the vacuum of space.
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.5 How Were Earth and the Solar System Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.5 Explain how Earth and the solar system were formed
66) Earth is a layered sphere with the ________-density material found near the center of Earth
and the ________- density material located near the surface.
A) highest; lowest
B) highest; highest
C) lowest; lowest
D) lowest; highest
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 1.5 How Were Earth and the Solar System Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.5 Explain how Earth and the solar system were formed
67) Based on chemical composition, Earth consists of ________ layers
A) three
B) two
C) four
D) five
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.5 How Were Earth and the Solar System Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.5 Explain how Earth and the solar system were formed
68) Based on physical properties, Earth consists of ________ layers
A) three
B) two
C) four
D) five
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.5 How Were Earth and the Solar System Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.5 Explain how Earth and the solar system were formed
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69) Oceanic crust is predominantly composed of the igneous rock called ________.
A) basalt
B) granite
C) anorthosite
D) peridotite
E) tonalite
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.5 How Were Earth and the Solar System Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.5 Explain how Earth and the solar system were formed
70) Continental crust is predominantly composed of the igneous rock called ________.
A) basalt
B) granite
C) anorthosite
D) peridotite
E) tonalite
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.5 How Were Earth and the Solar System Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.5 Explain how Earth and the solar system were formed
71) Isostatic adjustments are the result of the buoyancy of Earth's lithosphere as it floats on the
________ below which is denser and plastic like.
A) asthenosphere
B) mesosphere
C) outer core
D) inner core
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.5 How Were Earth and the Solar System Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.5 Explain how Earth and the solar system were formed
72) Earth's initial atmosphere formed from ________.
A) leftover gases from the nebula
B) the Sun's solar wind
C) outgassing
D) comet vaporization
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.6 How Were Earth's Atmosphere and Oceans Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.6 Explain how Earth's atmosphere and ocean were formed
OSLP: 4 The ocean made Earth habitable.
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73) Most of Earth's water was derived from ________.
A) leftover gases from the nebula
B) the Sun's solar wind
C) outgassing
D) comet vaporization
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.6 How Were Earth's Atmosphere and Oceans Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.6 Explain how Earth's atmosphere and ocean were formed
OSLP: 4 The ocean made Earth habitable.
74) Earth's second atmosphere formed from ________.
A) leftover gases from the nebula
B) the Sun's solar wind
C) outgassing
D) comet vaporization
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.6 How Were Earth's Atmosphere and Oceans Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.6 Explain how Earth's atmosphere and ocean were formed
OSLP: 4 The ocean made Earth habitable.
75) A cometary model of the formation of Earth's ocean must include the chemical difference
between the ________ in comet ice and that in Earth's water.
A) hydrogen
B) oxygen
C) nitrogen
D) carbon
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.6 How Were Earth's Atmosphere and Oceans Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.6 Explain how Earth's atmosphere and ocean were formed
OSLP: 4 The ocean made Earth habitable.
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76) Although Earth's oceans have existed since early in the formation of the planet, its ________
must have changed.
A) chemical composition
B) physical state
C) color distribution
D) textural makeup
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.6 How Were Earth's Atmosphere and Oceans Formed?
Essent'l Concept: 1.6 Explain how Earth's atmosphere and ocean were formed
OSLP: 4 The ocean made Earth habitable.
77) According to the fossil record on Earth, the earliest-known life-forms were primitive
________.
A) bacteria
B) plants
C) shells
D) reptiles
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.7 Did Life Begin in the Oceans?
Essent'l Concept: 1.7 Discuss why life is thought to have originated in the oceans
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
78) According to the fossil record on Earth, the earliest-known life-forms lived in sea floor rocks
about 3.5 ________ years ago.
A) billion
B) million
C) trillion
D) thousand
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.7 Did Life Begin in the Oceans?
Essent'l Concept: 1.7 Discuss why life is thought to have originated in the oceans
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
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79) The most likely place for the basic building blocks for the development of life to interact and
produce life is in Earth's ________.
A) oceans
B) mantle
C) lithosphere
D) atmosphere
E) meteorites
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.7 Did Life Begin in the Oceans?
Essent'l Concept: 1.7 Discuss why life is thought to have originated in the oceans
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
80) Stanley Miller's 1952 experiment created ________ from the chemical ingredients thought to
exist in Earth's early ocean.
A) simple organic compounds
B) complex organic molecules
C) Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
D) primitive bacteria
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 1.7 Did Life Begin in the Oceans?
Essent'l Concept: 1.7 Discuss why life is thought to have originated in the oceans
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
81) The very earliest forms of life probably ________.
A) required an external food supply
B) manufactured their own food supply by photosynthesis
C) manufactured their own food supply by chemosynthesis
D) were similar to present-day anaerobic bacteria
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 1.7 Did Life Begin in the Oceans?
Essent'l Concept: 1.7 Discuss why life is thought to have originated in the oceans
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
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