EARTH 2nd Semester Final Part 1

Which of the following is most important in interpreting past environments from layers of sedimentary rocks?

• a. finding rock layers that have not been metamorphosed

• b. measuring the thickness of each rock layer in a sequence

• c. type and distribution of fossils are BEST indicator of an area’s ancient conditions & climate

• d. understanding that younger rock layers are at the bottom of a sequence

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Which of the following is an example of a trace fossil?

• a. a bird's footprint

• b. an intact dinosaur tooth

• c. a carbonized imprint of a leaf

• d. a spider in amber

Living corals are found in warm shallow seas. Coral fossils have been found in the sedimentary rocks of Alaska. These findings suggest that

• a. ocean currents carried the coral to Alaska

• b. Alaska once had a tropical marine environment

• c. coral usually develops in cold climates

• d. Alaska's cold climate fossilized the coral

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Which sequence correctly shows the fossils from oldest to youngest?

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According to Darwin's theory of evolution, differences between species may be the result of

• a. mutagenic agents

• b. the transmission of acquired characteristics

• c. natural selection

• d. the disuse of body structures

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The same geologic processes that occur today were the same process that occurred in the past, and that geologic formations and structures can be interpreted by observing present-day actions.

a. Principal of Uniformitarianism

• a. Principal of Uniformitarianism

• b. Law of Original Horizontality

• c. Law of Superposition

• d. Cross Cutting Relationships

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The diagram to the right shows a geologic cross section of a region where no faulting has occurred. Which statement about the geologic history of the area is best supported by the evidence in the diagram?

• a. The rocks at A formed before those at B.

• b. The rocks at D folded after the deposition of rock layer B.

• c. A long period of erosion took place before the deposition of rock layer B.

• d. The major agent of erosion acting on the present surface is ice.

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Which layers show folding?

• a. A and E

• b. A and B

• c. E and F

• d. B and F

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Faulting occurred after which layer of rock was formed?

• a. E

• b. C

• c. G

• d. J

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You can recognize that this “eye” shaped structure is a dome and not a basin because

• a. A dome has the youngest rock layers exposed in the center.

• b. Center of a dome is at a lower elevation than the edges.

• c. A dome has the oldest rock layers exposed in the center

• d. A basin has the oldest layers of rock at the center.

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