Earth History Review

Open Ended

What are two ways that scientists study the history of the Earth?

Multiple Choice

What is the oldest rock layer in this picture?

• A

• B

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

What is the intrusion layer in this picture?

• A

• B

• D

• E

Open Ended

What is the order of these rock layers from oldest to youngest?

Multiple Choice

What is an example of relative age?

• Saying your grandmother is older than you.

• Saying your grandmother is 72 years old.

• Saying your grandmother is 72 and your grandfather is 74.

Multiple Choice

To be considered an index fossil, it had to have lived for a relatively short period of time.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

According to the picture, which fossil could be used as the best index fossil?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What is an example of absolute age?

• My grandmother is older than you.

• My grandmother is 72 years old.

• My grandmother is old.

Multiple Choice

What can be used to determine absolute (exact) age of a fossil or rock layer?

• Law of superposition

• Radioactive Dating

• Random Sampling

• Natural Selection

Multiple Choice

When did the dinosaurs go extinct?

• At the end of the Cambrian period.

• At the end of the Cretaceous Period

• At the end of the Hadean Period

Multiple Choice

What do scientists use to study the earths climate of the past?

• Fossils

• Rock Layers

• Ice Cores

Multiple Choice

What is a terrestrial ecosystem?

• An ecosystem in a river.

• An ecosystem on land.

• An ecosystem in the ocean.