Warm-up - Geologic Time Scale & Law of Superposition - 4/2/2019

Warm-up - Geologic Time Scale & Law of Superposition - 4/2/2019

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8th Grade

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Amoy Scott

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The earliest part of Earth's history is called the

Cenozoic

Canbrian

Holocene

Precambrian

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which division of the geologic time scale is the longest?

eon

period

era

epoch

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these groups of animals appeared on Earth most recently?

reptiles

amphibians

mammals

fish

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Determining the order of events and the relative age of rocks by examining the position of rocks in a sequence is called __________.

absolute dating

relative dating

radiometric dating

relative carbon dating

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Geologic time is divided best into units based on ________.

geologic changes

fossils and rocks

types of life-forms living during certain periods

types of trilobites

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Trilobites can be used to study the passage of geologic time because __________.

they burrow into sediments

they lived in the oceans

they lived throughout the Paleozoic Era

their physical features changed through time

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Trilobite that lived for a short period of time and was abundant is an example of a(n) _________.

index fossil

trace fossil

permineralized remain

original remain

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