Regents Earth Science Mr. Bealer Name: ____________________ Date: _______ Mod: ______ How the Earth Was Made Video Question Sheet Directions: Answer the following questions during the movie. All of the questions go in order with the movie. 1. How did the Earth form? 2. What was the source of the heat that keeps the interior of the Earth very hot? 3. How else is it used by scientists? 4. What is the current accepted age for the Earth? 5. Where did most of the water on Earth come from? 6. What type of rock us found under the continents? 7. What did stromatolites add to the atmosphere? What happened to the iron in the oceans when this compound was added? 8. How did Alfred Wegner explain the same fossils found in areas separated by many miles of ocean? 9. What is the rate at which North America and Europe are moving apart? (give your answer in cm and inches) 10. What 2 countries were found in the heart of the supercontinent Rodenia? 11. Describe what happened to the Earth 700 million years ago. 12. How did the development of the ozone layer allow life to develop on land? 13. What caused the greatest mass extinction 250 million years ago? 14. What caused the dinosaurs to go extinct 65 million years ago? List both events 15. How are mountains such as the Alps formed? 16. Describe what happens to rocks between 2 colliding continental plates. 17. By what processes was the Grand Canyon formed? 18. What evidence for the ice ages can be found in the granite of Central Park? 19. When could the next ice age occur? 20. Which planet will Earth resemble when the core finally cools and plate tectonics stops?
