Topic 8 History of Earth

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Topic 8

History of Earth

Multiple Choice

How many eras are in the geologic time scale? (Remember: You can use pictures from previous questions to help you with this question.)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following questions could be answered by a scientist studying the Earth's layers?

Which organism lived at the same time?

What did Trilobites eat?

Are reptiles ancestors of birds?

Why did dinosaurs become extinct?

Multiple Choice

A fossil of a fish was found in a layer of rock that is located near the top of a mountain. What might a scientist conclude about the history of this area?

An earthquake once struck the area

A volcano once erupted in the area.

A forest covered the area.

A sea once covered the area.

Multiple Choice

Fossils found in the lowest rock layer (bottom layer) are the youngest

True

False

Multiple Choice

What type of rock are fossils usually found in?

volcanic

metamorphic

sedimentary

igneous

Multiple Choice

^{Which rock layer is the youngest?}

Multiple Choice

The fossil record provides important scientific information such as......

What organisms have lived on Earth.

How organisms have changed over time

Which organisms have became extinct.

All of the above.

Multiple Choice

What can you learn from studying fossils?

How earthquakes have formed

How mountain ranges have changed

How earth was formed

How environments have changed throughout history

Multiple Choice

The preserved remains or trace of an organism that was once living

Fossil

Rock Strata

Stratigraphy

Fossil Record

Multiple Choice

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the data in this diagram?

Jellyfish and trilobites never competed for resources.

Trilobites and dinosaurs did not live at the same time.

Most mammals are in competition with birds for resources.

Mammals did not appear until after the dinosaurs went extinct.

Multiple Choice

The basalt intrusion occurred...

after the limestone was deposited.

before the granite was formed.

before the limestone was deposited.

before all three layers were formed.

Multiple Choice

According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

Multiple Choice

_{Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?}

Multiple Choice

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found

At the top of the rock layers

Near the bottom of the rock layers

In the middle of the rock layers

Somewhat near the surface

Multiple Choice

The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

The absolute age of rock layers

The age of fossils

The relative age of sedimentary rock layers

the super powers of rocks

Multiple Choice

T/F? The climates change over time.

True

False

Multiple Choice

Index fossils are useful for determining the relative age by ...

a narrow time range and a wide geographic range

a narrow time range and a narrow geographic range

Multiple Choice

The bottom layer of rock is

the oldest

has fossils

Multiple Choice

unconformities

gaps in the rock sequence

not this one

don't choose this one

these are not trick answers, I seriously gave you a free one

Multiple Choice

states that younger rock is found above older rock when comparing undisturbed sedimentary rock layers

law of superposition

trace fossil

matter can't be created or destroyed

atoms

Multiple Choice

Name the 4 time frames in order from oldest to youngest.

Precambrian Time, Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, Cenozoic Era

Mesozoic Era, Precambrian time, Cenozoic Era, Paleozoic Era

Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, Precambrian Time, Cenozoic

Multiple Choice

The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?

old geologists

sweet geology music

the known history of rocks and fossils

a list of every living thing ever

Multiple Choice

The single land mass that existed about 245 million years ago is named what?

Fossil

Pangea

Bob

Tectonic plates

Multiple Choice

The single land mass that existed about 245 million years ago is named what?

Fossil

Pangea

Bob

Tectonic plates

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