Geologic History Quiz

What can we learn from fossils?

• How earthquakes formed.
• How erosion changed mountains
• How Earth's magnetic field was formed
• How Earth's environment has changed

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What might you conclude if a fish fossil was found on top of a mountain in Kentucky?

• An Earthquake happened there.
• A Volcano erupted there.
• A forest covered that area for a while.
• A Sea once covered the area.

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Relative age of a rock is the number of years that have passed since the rock formed?            

• true
• false

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Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.

• the younger the rocks get
• the smellier the rocks get
• the harder the rocks get
• the older the rocks get

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The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

• The absolute age of rock layers
• The age of fossils
• The relative age of rock layers
• the super powers of rocks

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What type of rock do fossils form in?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Classic

_{What can scientists learn from the sequence of rock layers?}

• Geologic history of that area
• Future geological events
• the number of organisms that live in the area
• the impact that hikers have had on an area.

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Which statement best describes uniformitarianism?

• Older rocks lie at the bottom of younger rocks.
• The processes that act to change Earth's surface today are the same processes that acted upon Earth's surface in the past.
• The continents were once joined in a large land mass.
• Layers of sedimentary rock contain

Fossils of species that lived on Earth for short periods of time, were abundant, and were widespread geographically are...

• absolute date

• original remains

• index fossils

• trace fossils

What type of rock do fossils form in?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Classic

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