QUIZ #2-INTRO TO EARTH SCI.& AGE

What is the study of materials that make up earth?

• Astronomy

• Geology

• Meteorology

• Oceanography

What is astronomy?

• The study of air that surrounds earth

• The study of objects beyond earth's atmosphere

What is the study of earths oceans?

• Oceanography

• Biosphere

• Meteorology

• Geology

Which of these is NOT a branch of Earth Science?

• Geology

• Meteorology

• Astrology

• Oceanography

The study of the atmosphere and processes that produce weather and climate.

• Meteorology

• Astrology

• Oceanography

• Geology

Includes oceans, freshwater, streams, lakes and glaciers.

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

This sphere interacts will ALL other Earth's spheres.

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

T/F: Geologist use radioactive dating to find the absolute age of rocks

• True
• False

Meteorites have clues about our planet's past.

• true
• false

The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

• The absolute age of rock layers
• The age of fossils
• The relative age of sedimentary rock layers
• the super powers of rocks