Earth History Quiz Review

How do scientist know there were once mountains in the ocean?

• There are marine fossils found in the peaks of some mountains.

• Freshwater rivers flow to the ocean.

• Saltwater fish were found in some mountain streams.

• Dinosaurs fossils have been found in the mountains.

Which formation would most likely be igneous rock?

• An odd-shaped intrusion in a rock layer

• Horizontal rock layers

• A crack in a rock layer

• A gap in a rock layer

Which geological event happened most recently?

• The fault of rock layers F, I, and B

• Intrusion of rock layer I

• Intrusion of igneous rock H

• The unconformity of layer F

Put the rock layers in order from oldest to youngest.

• 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 6

• 3. 5, 4, 3, 2, 6, 1

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Carbon-14 is used in...?

• Relative dating

• Ice cores

• None of these

• Radioactive dating

A fault cuts through the rock layers, which is most likely true?

• An earthquake happened before the layers formed

• An earthquake happened at the same time the layers formed

• An earthquake happened after the layers formed

• The timing of the earthquake doesn't relate

How can scientist use ice cores to learn about Earth's climate history?

• Studying the location & depth of the ice

• Studying the atmospheric gas trapped in the ice

• Studying the composition of the frozen water

• Studying the fossils buried in the ice

A ____________ should be wide spread, abundant, and short-lived.

• Rock

• Index Fossil

• Dino bones

• None

True or false: the mass of the products should equal the mass of the reactants

• True

• False

This disturbance is formed from a crack forming due to an earthquake

• unconformity

• igneous intrusion

• fault

• none