Analyzing the Rock and Fossil Records

How old is Earth?

• 4.6 Million Years

• 4.6 Thousand Years

• 4.6 Trillion Years

• 4.6 Billion Years

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True/False The same processes that occur today have been occurring since Earth formed?

• False, processes are not the same.

• True, it's called uniformitarianism

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Which word fits this blank? ________________ is the age of rocks and geologic features compared with other rocks and features nearby.

• Relative Age

• Absolute Age

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Which Principle of Relative-Age Dating states that the oldest rock layers are on the bottom?

• Lateral Continuity

• Original Horizontality

• Inclusions

• Superposition

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Canyons are caused by which principle of relative-age dating? Hint: This also states that ground is placed in all directions.

• Superposition

• Cross-Cutting Relationships

• Lateral Continuity

• Inclusions

A fossil is a what? Check all that apply:

• traces of an ancient animal

• a rock

• traces of an ancient Plant

• traces of ancient living thing

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True or False Simple fossils can be found in both older layers and younger layers.

• True

• False

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True or False? Complex fossils can be only found in younger layers.

• False

• True

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What happens when fossils disappear from the fossil record?

• That creature has become extinct

• That creature has stopped dying

• That creature has ascended beyond this plane of time and space

• magic

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What is the definition of mass extinction?

• A time when few species died within a long period of time.

• A time when many species died within a long period of time.

• A time when many species died within a short period of time.

• A time when few species died within a short period of time.

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