Geologic history & Fossils SOL Review

What is a major cause of extinctions?

• carbonization and mineralization

• environmental change

• biological evolution

• None of the above

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What can be learned about a fossil using relative-age dating?

• its age based on radioactive decay

• its age in years

• its age compared to other fossils

• All of the above.

All the fossils ever discovered on Earth are part of the ___________________________.

• geological time scale

• biological evolution

• fossil record

• carbon decay record

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The change over time in populations of related organisms is _________________________.

• geological time scale

• biological evolution

• fossil record

• carbon decay record

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A chart that divides Earth's history into units is called the _____________________________________.

• geological time scale

• biological evolution

• fossil record

• carbon decay record

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The letter E is the ___________ time division on the geologic time scale.

• Precambrian

• Palezoic

• Phanerozoic

• Proterozoic

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The letter D is the ___________ time division on the geologic time scale.

• Precambrian

• Palezoic

• Phanerozoic

• Proterozoic

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The letter B is the ___________ time division on the geologic time scale.

• Archean

• Cenozoic

• Hadean

• Mesozoic

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The letter C is the ___________ time division on the geologic time scale.

• Archean

• Cenozoic

• Hadean

• Mesozoic

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List the order of extinction events from the most recent time period to the earliest event.

• Late Devonian

• Late Ordovician

• Late Triassic

• Late Cretaceous

• Late Permian

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