Ch. 10 Review

About how old is Earth?

• 4.6 thousand years old
• 4.6 million years old
• 4.6 billion years old
• 4.6 trillion years old

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Which object would most likely become a fossil?

• a shark tooth
• a pine needle
• a large jellyfish
• hardened lava

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Which one is not a fossil?

• mammoth frozen in ice
• a mosquito inside a piece of amber
• petrified wood
• a dead tree in the forest

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What is the best definition of fossil?

• a dinosaur bone found in the ground
• the remains or impression of prehistoric life
• the layers of rocks in a mountain
• artifacts from ancient civilizations

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What do paleontologists use fossils for?

• to learn about the past
• to build rock strata
• to find out the definiton of the law of superposition
• none of these

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In this diagram, which fossil is an index fossil?

• Coral because it lived through many different time periods.
• Gastropods because they are widely spread across land masses.
• Ammonite because they are widely spread and only lived a short time.
• Fern because there is only one fern fossil.

How would you describe the layer of rock pictured?

• Youngest rock layer
• Oldest rock layer
• Neither the oldest or youngest rock layer
• There is no way to tell

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Which fossil is the oldest?

• a. brachiopod
• b. euryptrid
• c. trilobite
• d. ammonite

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Which is true about the rock strata (layers) in the diagram below?

• The tracks in the Moenave Formation are younger than the tracks in the Kayenta Formation
• The shells in the Carmel Formation are the oldest fossils.
• The petrified wood in the Chinle Formation is older than the shells in the Kaibab Formation.
• The fish in the Moenave Formation is younger than the petrified wood in the Chinle Formation.

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What is the difference between absolute and relative aging?

• Absolute age is exact age and relative age is a comparison.
• Absolute age is a comparison and relative is exact.
• Absolute age gives the age of rocks and relative age gives the age of fossils.
• There is no difference between absolute and relative ages.

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