8th Unit 4 Lessons 1-3 Quiz

Earth is ___ years old.

• 4.6 billion

• 4,000

• 2.5 million

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Earth's rock layers can be disturbed by...

• tilting

• folding

• faults

• all of the above

You can tell the difference in mountain age by looking a the...

• height and shape

• weathering and erosion of rock

• geologic history

• texture of rock

Relative dating...

• is the principle that states younger rock lies above older rocks if layers have not been disturbed

• means above a specific place

• is determining whether an object or event is older or younger than other objects or events

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____ is the principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rock if the layers have not been disturbed

• geologic column

• relative dating

• the Law of Superposition

• unconformity

Scientists can use tree rings to find out about the climate during the life of a tree.

• True

• False

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A trace fossil...

• is a structure that is formed by animal activity

• is a trace of rock

• is preserved in ice

The fossil record shows up a picture of life on earth long ago.

• True

• False

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Uniformitarianism is...

• the idea that all things work the same way.

• the idea that things will change no matter what.

• the idea that things are happening today the way they have always happened (ex. volcanic eruptions, weather, etc.)

• the idea that things gradually change over time.

All fossils that have been discovered on Earth are part of...

• trace fossils

• the fossil record

• uniformitarianism

• sedimentary rock

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