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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.