Earth Semester Exam 2022

The type of date that shows where something happened in a sequence of events

• actual date

• relative date

• numerical date

• radiometric date

Fossilized poop is called

• Coprophilous

• Gastroliths

• Burrows

• bezoar

The rocks on top are younger and the rocks on the bottom are older

• Unconformities

• Principle of Superposition

• Principle of Original Horizontality

• Principle of inclusions

• Principle of Crosscutting Relationships

Which is the correct order from longest ago to now

• precambrian, paleozoic, mesozoic, cenozoic

• cenozoic, precambrian, mesozoic, paleozoic

• paleozoic, precambrian, mesozoic, cenozoic

• cenozoic, mesozoic, paleozoic, precambrian

Any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age

• fossil

• fossilization

• burrow

• gastrolith

The Earth is approximately _____________ years old.

• 4.6 Million

• 4.6 Billion

• 4.6 Trillion

• 46 Million

Which example is a form of precipitation?

• Dew

• Fog

• Frost

• Hail

As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

Rain and snow are two different forms of precipitation that fall on Earth's surface. Which factor is responsible for there being different forms of precipitation?

• Evaporation

• Run-off

• Temperature

• Transpiration

If groundwater reaches earth's surface, how does it reenter the water cycle?

• by transpiration

• by evaporation

• by accumulation

• it can't