Earth's History

Earth's History

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Earth's History

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

A team of geologists compared the rock layers found in Florida to those found in northwest Africa. They placed all the rock layers from the 2 regions in order from youngest to oldest. What did they make?

a topographic map

A fossil record

a geologic record

a geologic column

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which property of fossils allows scientist to determine the relative ages of rock layers?

Fossils can be analyzed to determine their exact age.

Fossils are usually found only in sedimentary rock.

Fossils form from the remains of living organisms.

Fossils show change over time as species evolve.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

In the 1830s, and English scientist proposed the idea of uniformitariansim to describe the process of geologic change on Earth. Which of the following words is most closely associated with uniformitariansim?

rare

sudden

gradual

catastrophic

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Sometimes a fossils is formed as a result of the movement of an organism in soft sediment. What type of fossil is this called?

bone fossil

frozen fossil

petrified fossils

trace fossil

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The existence of humans on Earth represents a very short amount of time on the geologic time scale. In which epoch do we currently live?

Eocene

Pliocence

Holocene

Pleistocene

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Early in the history of geology, scientist debated two different view of how geologic processes work. The 2 ideas became known as uniformatarianism and catastrphism. Which of the following correctly describes the early view of catastrophism?

Geologic changes only occur because of slow, gradual processes.

Geologic changes can quickly change Earth's structure.

Geologic changes only occur in sudden, devastating events.

Geologic changes can either be sudden or gradual.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The composition of sedimentary rock shows the source of the sediment that makes up the rock. Which of the following would provide the best evidence of how the rock formed?

the rock's age

the rock's color

the rock's texture

the rock's fossil content

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