Investigation 3-4 Study Guide

If you are looking for fossils, what types of rocks should you look for?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

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Fossils form when they are _______ covered by sediments in a basin.

• Quickly

• Slowly

If a creek has expose a layer of shale, what kind of environment might have existed before?

• Swamp

• River

• Coral reef

• Sandy beach

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If you put drip hydrochloric acid onto a rock and it does not fizz, is it possible the rocks were formed by 'deposition'?

• Yes

• No

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If you put drip hydrochloric acid onto a rock and it does not fizz, is it possible the rocks were formed by a 'chemical reaction'?

• Yes

• No

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If you put drip hydrochloric acid onto a rock and it does not fizz, is it possible the rocks were formed by a 'cementation'?

• Yes

• No

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If you put drip hydrochloric acid onto a rock and it does not fizz, is it possible the rocks were formed by a 'erosion'?

• Yes

• No

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If you put drip hydrochloric acid onto a rock and it does not fizz, is it possible the rocks were formed by a 'melting'?

• Yes

• No

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Which answer best describes what 'uniformitarianism'

• Deposition occurs faster today than it did in ancient environments

• Rocks form by the same processes today as in the past.

• Weathering and erosion can be fast or slow, depending on the type of rock.

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Geological time is described in eras and periods. Those segments of time are based on _______.

• Whoever discovered them

• Significant events in Earth's history

• When the next Telfar drop will be

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