Geologic Changes

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

• A
• B
• C

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What was probably the first organism on Earth?

• Plants
• Alligators
• Bacteria
• Fish

What is a tectonic plate?

• A huge chunk of dense ice that slowly moves.

• A rapidly rotating column of air that moves through a storm and destroys things in its path.

• A storm with violent wind that travels through the ocean and destroys things in its path.

• A large division of Earth’s crust that moves over time.

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What factor(s) change a mountain's shape from jagged and high to round and lower over long periods of time?

• deposition

• weather and erosion

• movement of continents

• collisions between continental plantes

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Which of the following occurs because of convection current?

• Tectonic plates on the crust move.

• Pressure in the crust increases.

• The mantle increases in size.

• Pressure in the crust decreases.

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True or False: Fossils found in the same layer of rock are from the same time period.

• True

• False

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Look at the image. The two continental plates are colliding. Why is the Indian Plate moving under the Eurasian Plate?

• It's larger.

• It's molten.

• It's more dense.

• It's less dense.

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True or False: Disturbances, such as an intrusion or fault, are older than the rock surrounding them.

• True

• False

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