Earth's History Practice Questions

Outgassing is the

• Expelling of gasses out of our atmosphere by sunlight

• Release of gasses from Earth's interior due to internal heat and chemical reactions

• Release of CO2 from early plants

• Production of gas as water and hydrogen combine in the atmosphere

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The development of oxygen in Earth's early atmosphere came from

• The rapid evolution of trees

• Chemical reactions with free oxygen in the atmosphere

• Photosynthesis of early plants and algae

• Filtering of the gasses in the atmosphere by the ozone layer

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The principle that states that, in layered rocks, the youngest layer is on top and age of the other layers increases with depth (oldest on the bottom).

• Principle of Superposition

• Principle of Original Horizontality

• Principle of Uniformitarianism

• Principle of Correlation

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A fossil that is useful in correlating and dating rocks because of its wide geographic distribution and small range of existence

• Anomaly

• Index Fossil

• Fossil Record

• Isotope

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The time required for one-half of the unstable atoms in a radioactive sample to decay to a different isotope

• Decay Rate

• Half-Decay

• Rate of Decay

• Half-life

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The principle that states that the geological processes in action today are the same as those that acted in the past, thus allowing us to interpret the events of the past by studying events currently taking place. 

• Principle of Superposition

• Principle of Original Horizontality

• Principle of Uniformitarianism

• Principle of Correlation

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An eroded land surface that can be buried over time as sediments are deposited

• Erosion

• Erosional Surface

• Unconformity

• Disconformity

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The age, in years, of an object or event

• Absolute Age

• Relative Age

• Inferred Age

• Definite Age

The principle that states that sedimentary rocks are originally formed in horizontal layers.

• Principle of Superposition

• Principle of Original Horizontality

• Principle of Uniformitarianism

• Principle of Correlation

A body of igneous rock that forms when lava cools at Earth's surface; igneous rock that forms at Earth's surface

• Igneous Intrusion

• Contact Metamorphism

• Igneous Extrusion

• Igneous Interruption