Relative and Absolute Dating Lesson

Multiple Choice

As climate change sea levels rose worldwide and seas expanded across the

center of North America. Some of the discovered fossils include dinosaur

bones, teeth, and diverse plant fossils. Which division is being referred to in

the given statement?

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Precambrian

Multiple Choice

Which of the given statements does NOT represent the geologic time scale?

• The geologic history of the universe.

• The fossil record of flora and fauna.

• The age of the Earth and its inhabitants.

• Evolution of life dating back 4.6 billion years ago.

Multiple Choice

Where are the oldest rocks found in an undisturbed rock profile?

• at the bottom

• in the middle

• on the top

• anywhere

Multiple Choice

When naming the subdivisions of the Earth’s geology in a specific order, which method must be considered?

• Absolute dating

• Isotopic dating

• Radiometric dating

• Relative dating

Multiple Choice

In which division in the geologic time scale did the continents come together to form the supercontinent called Pangaea?

• Paleozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

• Triassic Period

• Jurassic Period

Multiple Choice

Which epoch in the geologic time scale designates human lives in a very

short period of time?

• Holocene

• Eocene

• Pliocene

• Pleistocene

Match

Match the following:

• human civilization arose

• Age of Dinasaurs

• Age of Fishes

• Age of MAmmals

• Give rise to early Primates

  
  

HOLOCENE

MESOZOIC

DENOVIAN

CENOZOIC

NEOGENE

• HOLOCENE

• MESOZOIC

• DENOVIAN

• CENOZOIC

• NEOGENE