Historical Geology

Fossils are found as all of the following, EXCEPT:

• Casts
• Molds
• Living animal
• Preserved lizard

A fossil would most likely form from: 

• I lion eating an antelope
• A fish swimming into a trench
• A whale washing up on a beach
• A rat covered by a landslide

Lava pits are excellent sources for recovering fossils.

• True
• What's a lava pit?
• False
• Are you going in a lava pit to find out?

Which layer is the oldest?

• A
• B
• C
• D

The Law of __________ tells us younger rocks are on top.

• Uniform-itarianism
• Congruity
• Positronics
• Superposition

In the figure, "H" is ___________?

• an intrusion
• a splitting spike
• a contusion
• an inclusion

A fossil found over a large area deposited within a short time period is _____________.

• a specimen interval
• an index fossil
• a time differential
• an indicator marker

The geologic formation that is the youngest is ____.

• B
• C
• D
• E

What is the order geologic time scales are divided (largest to smallest):

• Epoch, Period, Era, Eon
• Era, Epoch, Eon, Period
• Period, Eon, Epoch, Era
• Eon, Era, Period, Epoch

Carbon dating is used on:

• organic samples
• minerals
• metamorphic rocks
• igneous rocks