Geologic Time Scale Review

How old is Earth?

• 4.6 million years old

• 4.6 billion years old

• 3.6 billion years old

• 3.6 million years old

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What is the biggest time measurement you can use when talking about geologic time?

• eon

• era

• period

• epoch

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What was the first and longest eon in Earth's history?

• Phanerozoic

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Precambrian

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What is relative dating?

• a crack in Earth's surface

• determining the age of a rock compared to the age of other rocks

• determining the age of a rock in years

• digging for fossils and studying their features

What is it called when you find the exact age of a rock in years?

• relative dating

• paleontology

• absolute dating

• fossil

What states that the oldest rocks are on the bottom and the youngest rocks are on the top?

• Fault

• Theory of Superposition

• unconformity

• Law of Superposition

What is the Geologic Time Scale?

• a record of life forms and geologic events in Earth's history

• how you can tell time on a clock

• a buried eroded surface

• a crack in Earth's surface

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What is the smallest measurement of Geologic Time?

• eon

• era

• period

• epoch

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What are the exceptions to the Law of Superposition?

• fossils

• folds

• faults

• unconformities

What is a crack in Earth's surface called?

• fault

• fold

• unconformity

• extrusion