Geologic History

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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What occurred during the Paleozoic Era?

• a great number of organisms evolved
• mammals evolved         
• reptiles spread widely 

Scientists chose where units of geologic time began and ended based on major changes in life forms at certain times.

• true
• false

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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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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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What type of rock do fossils form in?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Classic

Most events on the geologic timeline happened:

• a long time ago, near the beginning
• more recently, near the modern time
• evenly spread out
• right in the center of the timeline

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_{Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?}

• F
• E
• B
• A

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_{Which of the following questions can be answered by studying  these fossil layers?} 

• What did the fish eat?
• Which organisms lived before/after/or at the same time?
• Why did dinosaurs become extinct?
• Are reptiles the ancestors to birds or fish?

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