7th Unit 2 Review

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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How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?

• 2015 years old
• 3.6 billion years old
• 4.6 billion years old
• 4.6 million years old

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Which of the following statements about the fossil record is true?

• all organisms become fossils
• organisms having soft body parts make up most of the fossils
• all organisms that have shells become fossils
• the fossil record is incomplete

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The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?

• old geologists
• sweet geology music
• the known history of rocks and fossils
• a list of every living thing ever

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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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What is a fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found?

• a petrified fossil
• a trace fossil
• a cast fossil
• an index fossil

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What is a rock mass formed by molten rock being forced into an earlier formation of rock layers?

• Extrusion
• Intrusion
• Fault
• Supposition

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What is relative age?

• The geologic age of a fossil, rock or geologic feature defined relative to other fossils, rocks or features
• The geologic age of a fossil based on when the relatives of that fossil died
• The geologic age of a fossil, or geologic event expressed in units of time
• How old your mom is

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The disappearance of a species.

• Evolution
• Extinction
• Migration
• Mutation

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• 1
• 2
• 3
• 5

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