Earth History

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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All are types of fossils EXCEPT

• Mineral Replacement
• Bone neutralization
• Carbon Film
• Cast and Mold

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The bottom layer of rock is

• the oldest
• has fossils

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Which layer of rock is most likely the youngest?

• A
• D

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The age of the Earth is measured in _______ of years.

• millions
• billions

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Many marine fossils are found in what is now desert. Which hypothesis best explains this?

• The desert was once an ocean
• Marine organisms lived on land in the past

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By which method have scientists determined that the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old?

• plate tectonics
• relative dating
• radioactive dating
• law of superposition

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Which method provides the most accurate age of a rock sample?

• superposition
• relative dating
• radioactive dating
• index fossil identification

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Which statement best describes the Law of Superposition?

• Each sedimentary layer of rock represents 1,000 years of Earth's age, much like the rings of a tree.
• In undisturbed layers of sedimentary rocks, the upper rock layers are older than the lower rock layers.
• In undisturbed layers of sedimentary rock, the lowest layers contain the older rocks.
• Rocks that form near volcanoes are older than surrounding rock.

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states that younger rock is found above older rock when comparing undisturbed sedimentary rock layers

• law of superposition

• trace fossil

• matter can't be created or destroyed

• atoms

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