AGE OF THE EARTH

The radiometric dating of an igneous rock provides ____________.

• the relative age of the rock
• the age of Earth
• a date for when the rock formed
• a date for when the rock was eroded

Geologists use radioactive dating to determine THE ABSOLUTE AGE OF ROCKS.

• True
• False

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  A _____________________ is the remains or evidence of an   ancient organism.

• paleontologist 
•  fossil
• preserved
• extinct

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When something is _____________________ it no longer exists.

• paleontologist 
•  fossil
• preserved
• extinct

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Why is it important to study fossils?

•  Fossils are evidence of organisms that lived long ago.
• Fossils are fortune tellers.
• Fossils are fun to study.
• Fossils are found everywhere in the world.

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Which would be an example of a fossil?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Oyster Pearl
• Dinosaur Footprint
•   Rotting Log

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Which Rock type would be best to find fossils?

• Igneous Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock

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T/F: Geologist use radioactive dating to find the absolute age of rocks

• True
• False

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Fossil Fuels are

• pieces of rock that have been compacted many times

• rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains

• metamorphic rock

• fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years

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The Earth is about __________yeras old.

• 50.6 million years

• 4.5 billion years old

• 4.5 million years old

• 4.5 trillion years old

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