Chapter 8: The Rock Record

Chapter 8: The Rock Record

9th - 12th Grade

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Chapter 8: The Rock Record

Chapter 8: The Rock Record

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The principle that a fault or body of rock is younger than any other body of rock that it cuts through is known as what?

relative age
law of crosscutting relationships
varve
law of super position

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The time required for half of a sample of a radioactive isotope to break down by radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope is called what?

uniformitarianism
relative age
half-life
radioactive dating

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock

varve
index fossil
trace fossil
fossil

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a method of determining the absolute age of an object by comparing the relative percentages of a radioactive (parent) isotope and a stable (daughter) isotope?

radiometric dating
uniformitarionism
law of superposition
paleontology

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A principle that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes is called...

paleontology
law of superposition
relative age
uniformitarianism

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The age of an object in relation to the ages of other objects is known as what?

relative age
absolute age
half-life
unconformity

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the scientific study of fossils called?

uniformitarianism
unconformity
paleontology
radiometric dating

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