How+The+Earth+Was+Made+Video

=Watch the History Chanel Video "How The Earth Was Made" and answer the following questions.=



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 * 1) Geology as a profession is only about how old
 * 2) Who is considered the Father of Modern Geology
 * 3) According to early interpretation of the Bible, the Earth is how old
 * 4) What feature studied in "geologic time" indicated to Hutton that the Earth had to be more than 6000 years old
 * 5) The Earth was formed by _ collisions with the proto-Earth
 * 6) Lord Kelvin's age of the Earth was based upon the _ of a molten crust
 * 7) In 1911 used radioactivity to estimate an accurate age of the Earth to be how old
 * 8) Radioactive uranium decays to _.
 * 9) The accepted age of the Earth is _.
 * 10) The Barberton Hills of South Africa have _ that show the planet had oceans by 3.5 billion years (b.y.) ago
 * 11) Many Geologist now believe that much of the Earth's water came from _Rather then out of gassing volcanic activity
 * 12) By 4.0 b.y. ago _ % of the Earth was covered with
 * 13) The early atmosphere around 4.0 b.y. was ~200 degrees F mainly due to _.
 * 14) The nucleus of the continents appears around 3.4 b.y. and are composed of _
 * 15) Superheated mixing with basalt can form.
 * 16) The shallow coastal waters of the new continents 3.5 B.Y. ago hosted Earth's first life; the _
 * 17) The new life strips what out of the atmosphere and adds what to it?
 * 18) Seas change from to due to the oxidation of iron in the water
 * 19) The world's supply of iron ore is mined from rocks called the_
 * 20) By 1.5 B.Y. the continents cover % of the Earth's surface and are moving about in a theory we call _ today
 * 21) The meteorologist in 1912 proposed continental drift based upon what evidence
 * 22) Oceanic floor is continuously being _
 * 23) The island of Iceland is situated on the _.
 * 24) The fissure canyons of Iceland are opening at a rate of inch/year.
 * 25) Plate motion can be traced back to _ b.y. when Canada and the U.S form the core of the super continent called _.
 * 26) The Earth became a _ when the super continent blocked the redistribution of heat by ocean currents.
 * 27) Life at the time was brought to near.
 * 28) Rodinia was split by _ activity and the Earth's atmosphere was briefly warmed by _
 * 29) Sea water was rich in _.
 * 30) The _ Shale in the Canadian Rockies is a treasure trove of Period fossils.
 * 31) Fossils at the beginning of the Paleozoic show the adaptation of these features not seen in earlier fossils?
 * 32) The accumulation of oxygen in the atmosphere allowed the formation of the_ which became a shield for what radiation?
 * 33) The first life to move ashore some 300-400 million (m.y.) ago were _.
 * 34) The Carboniferous, part of which is the Pennsylvanian, was a time of widespread _ that accumulated later to be transformed to _.
 * 35) 240 m.y ago the continents were re-assembled into a second super continent called _
 * 36) The high levels of oxygen and CO2 lead to the rise of the in the Mesozoic.
 * 37) Dinosaur means _
 * 38) 180 m.y ago was split apart by an upsurge in volcanism the put large amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere causing to the climate
 * 39) The diamonds of Kimberly occur in what kind of features?
 * 40) The end of the Mesozoic, 65 m.y. ago saw an extinction rate of % and is believed to be due to a _ on the north end of the Yucatan Peninsula in _.
 * 41) The tombstone meteorite contains the rare element.
 * 42) At the same time great outpourings of lava in _ were adding dust and gasses to the atmosphere.
 * 43) The demise of the dinosaurs led to the expansion of the as the new dominant life form
 * 44) The Alps represent the collision of _ and _.
 * 45) The top of the Matterhorn has rocks from.
 * 46) All mountains owe their origin to _.
 * 47) The height of mountains is a determined by what two major processes?
 * 48) The uplift of the Plateau by the American plate over riding the plate has caused the _ River to cut the Grand Canyon.
 * 49) About 2 m.y. ago the Isthmus of _ was formed disrupting ocean currents and bringing on the _.
 * 50) _ closed the isthmus.
 * 51) Glaciers move like slow moving
 * 52) What major American city was once covered by a massive glacier?
 * 53) Deposits from glaciers created Island and Cape _
 * 54) The basins of the _ Lakes were carved by the glaciers.
 * 55) The retreat of icecaps and glaciers most recently occurred how many years ago?
 * 56) Do geologists think there will be another advance of the icecaps and glaciers?
 * 57) The Great Plate Tectonic "machine" will someday _.

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