Relative and absolute dating

Multiple Choice

Who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Alfred Wegener

• Alfred Vargas

• Alfred Vegner

• Alfred E

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the supercontinent in Continental Drift Theory?

• Laurasia

• Gondwanaland

• Pangaea

• Gaia

Multiple Choice

What causes continents to drift and move around?

• Magic

• Unity

• Convection Current

• Earthquakes

Multiple Choice

Who are considered as the proponents of the Seafloor Spreading Theory?

• Hess and Dietz

• Hess and Wegener

• Dietz and Wegener

• Wegener and Enrile

Multiple Choice

What do you call the tectonic force/stress which causes rocks to be squeezed together?

• Compressional

• Tensional

• Shearing

• Dip Slip

Multiple Choice

What do you call the tectonic force/stress which causes rocks to be streched apart?

• Compressional

• Tensional

• Shearing

• Dip Slip

Multiple Choice

What do you call the tectonic force/stress which causes rocks to slide against each other?

• Compressional

• Tensional

• Shearing

• Dip Slip

Multiple Choice

The effect of tectonic stress results to cracks along fracture points. What do you call there fractures?

• Fault

• Fold

• Crack

• Dip Slip

Multiple Choice

___ is to upward fold as ___ is to downward fold.

• Anticline; Syncline

• Syncline; Anticline

Multiple Choice

What do you call the study of sedimentary rock layers?

• Layerography

• Stratigraphy

• Stratography

• Relatography

Multiple Choice

Arrange from youngest to oldest.

• BADCE

• ADCBE

• ADCEB

• BECDA

Multiple Choice

Arrange from youngest to oldest.

• CBADE

• ABCDE

• EDABC

• DEABC

Multiple Choice

Arrange from youngest to oldest.

• 54321

• 12345

• 15234

• 12354

Multiple Choice

Arrange from youngest to oldest.

• FJBARXSMKP

• FJBXRSMKP

• FJBARXSMKP

• FJBRAXSMKP

Multiple Choice

Arrange from youngest to oldest.

• FBKNAJDMHCLGE

• FBKNJADMCLGEH

Which is made first?

The cookie is always younger than the chocolate chip

Imagine a cookie

​Suppose you were to flip 100 coins all at once.

Multiple Choice

Applying what you know about probability, how many percent will the coins show up heads/tails?

• 60/40

• 50/50

• 30/70

• 20/20

• Start = 100

• 1st toss = 50

• Second toss = 25

• Third toss = 13

• Fourth toss = 7​

Test for understanding

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Multiple Choice

What type of geologic dating technique measures approximate years or age of a rock?

• Absolute

• Relative

Multiple Choice

A chunk of granite rock has pieces of limeston on it. Which is older, the limestone or granite?

• Limestone

• Granite

Multiple Choice

What do you call elements with same atomic number but different atomic mass?

• isomer

• isosceles

• isochoric

• isotope

Multiple Choice

What isotope is used to test organic remains in a rock?

• Carbon-13

• Carbon-12

• Carbon-14

• Carbon-15

Multiple Choice

How does absolute dating work?

• It measures the ratio of the parent isotope and daugther isotope

• It measures with respect to those around it

• It measures by means of radioactive elements

• It measures using microscope