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Age of Earth

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11th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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T/F: Geologist use radioactive dating to find the absolute age of rocks

True
False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The time it takes for 50% of the nuclei in a radioactive sample to decay to its stable isotope is called ___________.

the half life
geologic time
the daughter product
the parents isotope

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The radiometric dating of an igneous rock provides ____________.

the relative age of the rock
the age of Earth
a date for when the rock formed
a date for when the rock was eroded

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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According to the image, what fraction of the original parent isotope still exists after 4 half lives have passed?

1/8
7/8
1/16
1/32

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The oldest rocks on Earth are __________.

3.5 billion years old
3.96 to 3.8 billion years old
1.6 to 1.8 million years old
1 to 2 billion years old

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The buried and exposed parts of a continental shield together compose the   _______________________ , the stable core of a continent

photon
core
craton
microcontinent

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the most popular hypothesis of the formation of the moon? 

The moon passed very close to the earth and was caught in its gravitational pull.
The moon formed the same time as the earth.
The moon formed when a small planet smashed into the newly formed earth sending debris into space which formed the moon.

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