1. According to the Reverend William Buckland, the biblical reference to "in the beginning" with regards to the formation of Earth could refer to:
(a) Myths and legends.
(b) Exactly seven days.
(c) Millions and millions of years.
(d) A particular era.

2. Which of the following is not one of the five major extinction episodes on Earth?
(a) Cretaceous.
(b) Triassic.
(c) Toarcian.
(d) Devonian.

3. James Hutton was a geologist who wondered why:
(a) There are no polar bears in Antarctica.
(b) The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of Australia.
(c) Seashell fossils are found on mountaintops.
(d) Polar ice caps do not melt.

4. In 1871, Lord Kelvin suggested that life on Earth started because of:
(a) Lightning striking pools of chemical "soup."
(b) Droplets of water reacting with superheated rocks.
(c) Ash falling from volcanic eruptions.
(d) "Seeds" from space arriving by way of a meteor.

5. According to the Caltech physicist Richard Feynman, the most important discovery ever made is what?
(a) Atoms.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Penicillin.
(d) Pasteurization.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1971, Mike Voorhies discovered an amazing fossil bed in Nebraska full of skeletons of prehistoric animals killed 12 millions years ago. How did they die?

2. Bacteria take nitrogen from the air and form it into what?

3. Species appear to exist, on average, how long?

4. Photosynthesis was developed during the early history of life on Earth by what?

5. The first eruption of Yellowstone took place how many years ago?

(see the answer key)

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