Geologic history review

According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

• A
• B
• C

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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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Radiometric dating is often referred to as 

• total age.
• absolute dating.
• historic age.
• geologic age.

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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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What can scientists learn from the sequence of rock layers?

• Geologic history of that area
• Future geological events
• The number of organisms that live in the area
• The impact that hikers have had on an area.

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Which of the following places the divisions of time in order from largest to smallest? 

• epoch, period, era, eon
• period, era, epoch, eon
• era, eon, epoch, period
• eon, era, period, epoch

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An undisturbed sedimentary layer is _________ than the layer above and _________ than the layer below. 

• younger - older
• younger - younger
• older - younger
• older - older 

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Fossils are most common in what rock types? 

• Sedimentary
• Igneus
• Metamorphic
• All rocks contain fossils

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The __________ is the number of years since the rock or fossil formed. 

• Absolute Age
• Relative Age

The ___________ is the age of rocks or fossils compared with other rocks or fossils. 

• Absolute Age
• Relative Age

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