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UNIT TEST REVIEW PALEOBIOSPHERE

UNIT TEST REVIEW PALEOBIOSPHERE

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Science

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9th Grade

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NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, HS-PS1-8, MS-LS4-1

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Gian Gerzon

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20 Slides • 45 Questions

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UNIT TEST REVIEW PALEOBIOSPHERE

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Geologic Time Periods Overview

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Multiple Select

the three eras in the Phanerozoic are

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Paleozoic

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Cenozoic

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Mesozoic

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Proterozoic

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Multiple Choice

the geologic time line spans how many years

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4.56 billion years

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400 million years ago

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3 million years ago

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2000 years ago

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Multiple Choice

List the time periods largest to smallest

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eras, eons, periods, epoch

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epoch, eras, eons, periods

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eons, eras, periods, epochs

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epochs, periods, eras, eons

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Multiple Choice

It is not part of the precambrian time

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Archaen eon

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Hadean eon

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phanerozoic eon

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protorezoic eon

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Multiple Choice

The first mass extinction occurred at the end of the Precambrian time.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

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Which eon has the extinction of dinosaurs?

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Phanerozoic

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Proterozoic

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Archean

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Hadean

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Multiple Choice

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Humans evolved in what eon?

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Hadean

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Archean

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Phanerozoic

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Proterozoic

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Multiple Choice

The asteroid theory is backed up by a layer of this in the fossil record

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clay

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iridium

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indigo

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no fossils at all

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Multiple Choice

there have been ___ mass extinctions in history

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3

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4

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5

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2

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Multiple Choice

this time period saw the reptiles, scale trees, and seed ferns

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Silurian

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Devonian

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Carboniferous

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Permian

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Multiple Choice

the first fishes come out in this era

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cenozoic

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mesozoic

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paleozoic

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pre-cambrian

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Relative Dating

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Multiple Choice

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What are the relative ages of the features in order from oldest to youngest?
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Limestone, Basalt, Fault, Siltstone
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Siltstone, Fault, Basalt, Limestone
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Limestone, Fault, Basalt, Siltstone
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Limestone, Siltstone, Fault, Basalt

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Multiple Choice

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Which one of the units are Eons?

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Archean

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Triassic

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Cenozoic

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Cambrian

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Multiple Choice

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Which one of the units are Eons?

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Hadean

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Mesozoic

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Jurassic

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Cambrian

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Multiple Choice

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Epochs are subdivided into....

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Eons

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Eras

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Periods

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nothing, its the smallest unit...

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Multiple Choice

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Periods are subdivided into....

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Eons

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Eras

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Epochs

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nothing, its the smallest unit...

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Multiple Choice

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What type of rock forms fossils?

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Intrusive Igneous

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Extrusive Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

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Multiple Choice

By saying "my dad is 48 and I am 13", it would be...

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relative dating (time)

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absolute dating (time)

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law of superposition

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Multiple Choice

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Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?

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F

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B

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E

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A

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Multiple Choice

Why isn't the uranium method of dating a good fit for an old animal bone?

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Living things don't have uranium in them

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Uranium breaks down too quickly to be used for dating

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Carbon reacts with uranium

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Uranium dating is a good fit for an old animal bone

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Multiple Choice

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You start with 10 grams of a radioactive material. After 10 days, you test it and find that you have 2.5 grams left. How long is the half-life?

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10 days.

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5 days.

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3.3 days.

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It's impossible to tell.

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Multiple Choice

Carbon-14 is found in once-living organisms and has a half-life of about 5,700 years. Uranium-238 is found in some kinds of rocks and has a half-life of about 4.5 billion years. What would be the best way to find the age of a very old rock formation?

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Carbon dating

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Uranium dating

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Neither would work

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Both would work

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Multiple Choice

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Over time, what happens to the amount of parent isotope?

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It increases.

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It decreases.

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It stays the same.

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It goes up and down.

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Multiple Choice

What is the definition of a half-life?

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The time it takes for a radioactive isotope to decay completely

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Half of the time it takes for a radioactive isotope to decay completely

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The time it takes for half of the radioactive material in a sample to decay

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Half of the life of the Earth

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Multiple Choice

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Based on this graph, about how long is the half-life for Mercury-203?

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400 days

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250 days

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150 days

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50 days

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Multiple Choice

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Based on the graph, how much of a substance is left after 2 half-lives?

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50%

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25%

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12.5%

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6.25%

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Multiple Choice

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Which layer is OLDER? Intrusion M or Layer D?

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Intrusion M

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Layer D

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Multiple Choice

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Which layer is OLDER? Layer E or Fault H?

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Layer E

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Fault H

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Multiple Choice

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Which layer is OLDER? Layer E or Intrusion A?

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Layer E

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Intrusion A

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Multiple Choice

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Which layer is OLDER? Layer M or Intrusion P?

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Layer M

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Intrusion P

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Multiple Choice

Trilobites came before dinosaurs because they were found in a lower rock layer

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absolute dating

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relative dating

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Multiple Choice

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Put the layers in order from oldest to youngest.
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a, b, c, d, e
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b, c, d, a, e
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b, c, d, e, a 
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e, d, c, b, a

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Multiple Choice

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Which of the following orders the rock layers accurately from oldest to youngest?
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A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
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B, F, G, C, D, H, A, E
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B, G, C, D, E, H, A, F
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F, A, H, E, D, C, G, B

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Multiple Choice

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

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Multiple Choice

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Which layer is oldest?
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A
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W
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G
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Z

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Multiple Choice

_____________ are the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago.

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climate

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Fossils

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Ice core

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Trace fossil

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Uniformitarianism

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Multiple Choice

The Principle of ______ states that geologic processes that happened in the past can be explained by current geologic processes.

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climate

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fossil

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ice core

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trace fossil

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Uniformitarianism

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Multiple Choice

Finding the age of a rock based on comparing the amounts of unstable, radioactive particles to stable particles in a sample is called:

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radiometric dating

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relative dating

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Multiple Choice

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How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?

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2019 years old

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3.6 billion years old

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4.6 billion years old

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4.6 million years old

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Multiple Choice

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What era did the formation of the earth occur?

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Paleozoic

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Precambrian

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Cenozoic

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Cambrian

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Multiple Choice

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Mammals are a dominant group in which era?

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Cenozoic

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Mesozoic

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Paleozoic

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Cambrianozoic

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Multiple Choice

The % of the parent isotope remaining after 1 Half Life.

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50%

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25%

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12.5%

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6.25%

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Multiple Choice

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A bone was that originally had 10 grams of Carbon 14 now has about 1.25 grams.  How many YEARS have passed? (not half lives)
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3
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5730
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6000
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17,200

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Multiple Choice

The % of the parent isotope remaining after 2 Half Lives.

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50%

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25%

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12.5%

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6.25%

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Multiple Choice

If the half-life of a radioactive group of atoms is 100 years, then how old is the rock if there have been two half-lives?
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25 years
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200 years
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400 years
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800 years

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