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Question 1
• The most likely explanation for Oumuamua is:
A. An extra-solar object
B. A comet from that has been circling our sun for a long time.
C. An alien craft of unknown design. Likely a scout ship.
D. A hoax created by scientists to obtain sweet, sweet, research funds.
Question 2
• Uniformitarianism is:
A. The idea that most of Earth’s features are geologically uniform
B. The idea that we should wear a uniform when we do science so people
know are scientists.
C. The idea that the earth started as one uniform substance with only a few
elements.
D. The idea the processes we see operating today are the same as those
operating in the past.
Question 3
• The Big Bang Occurred:
A. ~1 Billion years ago
B. ~1C.4 Billion years ago. ‘
C. ~6000 years ago.
D. ~B.4 Trillion years ago.
Question 4
• Earth’s moon was formed when:
A. A planetesimal about the size of Mars collided with the earth
B. A collision with a planetary body called Theia hit the earth and started it
spinning at an angle of 23 degrees relative to the sun.
C. The ejected material from a massive collision between two large bodies
began to gather and create the moon.
D. All of the above are true more or less.
Question 5
• A subduction zone is:

A. A place where ocean water seeps into the earth’s crust.

B. A part of atmospheric formation nearest the earth’s crust
C. The area of the moon that most resembles earth geologically
D. Where one crustal plate slides under another
6. The Hawaiian Islands are most likely
formed by:
A. No one knows.
B. The Hawaiian God Maui setting his fish hook in the ocean
floor and pulling them up.
C. A Hadley-Franklin crustal anomaly caused by an area of
crustal pulling and pushing in the region.
D. A subduction zone creating volcanos.
E. A permanent hotspot emerging from the Earth’s mantle
over which a continental plate rides.
7. Pick the right order of events in the formation of the Earth:

A. Big bang  1st generation stars of H & He  super nova  accretion

disk  moon  planetesimals sweep up remint of stars including
heavy metals  oceans.
B. Big bang  1st generation stars of H & He  super nova – accretion
disk  moon  planetesimals sweep up remint of stars including
heavy metals  oceans.
C. Big bang  1st generation stars of H & He  super nova  accretion
disk  planetesimals sweep up remint of stars including
heavy metals  moon  oceans.
D. Big bang  super nova  1st generation stars of H & He  accretion
disk  planetesimals sweep up remint of stars including
heavy metals  moon  oceans.
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Question 7
• A video clip we watched last week showed:

A. A fish evolving into a dinosaur

B. Dr. Peck using a long board down Provo Canyon trail
C. An egg developing into a salamander
D. A salamander laying and egg