Quiz about Geologic History of Earth Review

Question 1

1)  What is the study of rock layers called?

Accepted Answer

stratigraphy

Answer

superlayering

Answer

faulting

Question 2

2)  What is the law that tells scientists that a rock layer that is below another rock layer is older?

Accepted Answer

law of superposition

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law of unconformities

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law of faults

Question 3

3)  What is a fossil that is found in only one rock layer called?

Accepted Answer

an index fossil

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a trace fossil

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a geologic fossil

Question 4

4)  There is a fault and an intrusion in some layers of rock.  Which must be younger?

Accepted Answer

the intrusion and fault

Answer

the rock layers

Question 5

5) What is any physical evidence of a plant or animal that lived long ago?

Accepted Answer

fossil

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intrusion

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fault

Question 6

6) Fill in the blank:  Geologic processes that occur today are  ___________ as those that occurred in the past.

Accepted Answer

the same

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not as destructive

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different

Question 7

7)  Which fossil is the index fossil in this diagram?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Question 8

8) What can you infer happened to the rock layers at middle rock sequence?

Accepted Answer

erosion

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geologic ages

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a fault

Question 9

9)  What is a method of determining how old rock layers are in relation to each other by their position above or below?

Accepted Answer

relative dating

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absolute dating

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geologic dating

Question 10

10)  What is the method of dating rock layers that is based on the amount of radioactive material left?

Accepted Answer

absolute dating

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relative dating

Answer

geologic dating

Question 11

11) Which best describes the term "half-life"?

Accepted Answer

The time it takes for half of the radioactive material in a rock to change or decay

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Half of the period of time that an organism has lived

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The time it takes for half of a species to become extinct

Question 12

12)  The graph shows that as the amount of the parent material (red)  ___________,  the amount of the new daughter material (blue) increases.

Accepted Answer

decreases

Answer

increases

Question 13

13) What is the purpose of the geologic time scale?

Accepted Answer

to organize Earth's history in a record of geologic events and evolution of life forms

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to organize the kinds of rocks in order for scientists to study life forms and organize fossils

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to organize the kinds of plants that lived during each time period on Earth

Question 14

14)  What is the correct order of the eras of geologic history from oldest to newest?

Accepted Answer

precambrian, paleozoic, mesozoic, cenozoic

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precambrian, paleozoic, cenozoic, mesozoic

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paleozoic, precambrian, mesozoic, cenozoic

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mesozoic, cenozoic, paleozoic, precambrian

Question 15

15)  Which of the following is NOT true about the precambrian era?

Accepted Answer

it had the largest number of species

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it was the longest time period

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few fossils remain from that time period

Question 16

16) Which layer is the oldest layer?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

E

Answer

F

Question 17

17) Which layer is the youngest?

Accepted Answer

H

Answer

B

Answer

G

Question 18

18) Which part is an igneous intrusion?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

L

Question 19

19) What letter represents a fault?

Accepted Answer

M

Answer

C

Answer

L

Question 20

20) Which is older Layer E or Layer F?

Accepted Answer

Layer E

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Layer F

Question 21

21) In what era did the first flowering plants appear?

Accepted Answer

Mesozoic

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Paleozoic

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Precambrian

Question 22

22) Place the following groups in order of appearance on Earth: reptiles, fish, amphibians

Accepted Answer

1- fish 2- amphibians 3- reptiles

Answer

1- reptiles 2- fish 3- amphibians

Answer

1-  fish 2- reptiles 3- amphibians

Question 23

23) In which era do we live now?

Accepted Answer

Cenozoic

Answer

Mesozoic

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Precambrian

Question 24

24) What type of animals flourished in the Cenozoic era?

Accepted Answer

Mammals

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Reptiles

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Amphibians

Question 25

25) What type of event caused the end of most geologic eras?

Accepted Answer

mass extinction

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Pangaea formed

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plants took over the world

Question 26

26) Which formed first: the Andes Mountains or Appalachian Mountains?

Accepted Answer

the Appalachian Mountains

Answer

the Andes Mountains

Question 27

27) In which era were dinosaurs widespread?

Accepted Answer

Mesozoic

Answer

Paleozoic

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Cenozoic

Question 28

28) In the geologic time scale assignment, you created a bar graph of the geological eras of time.  Which bar was the smallest?

Accepted Answer

Cenozoic

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Precambrian

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Mesozoic

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Paleozoic

Question 29

29)  In the Relative Dating Lab, which fossil in the picture below is an index fossil?

Accepted Answer

Graptolite

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Trilobite

Answer

Brachiopod

Question 30

30)  Which of the following statements is NOT true about the "Absolute Dating Lab" (with flipping the pennies)?

Accepted Answer

The number of undecayed (radioactive atoms) increased as time when by.

Answer

The pennies flipping over represented atoms decaying from parent to daughter atoms.

Answer

Each shaking of the box of pennies represented one half life.

Question 31

31)  In the Who Left Last? Activity, how did we know that the security guard left the lights on?

Accepted Answer

Because his footprints were on top of all the other tracks

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Because he always leaves last

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Because his footprints were below all the other tracks

Question 32

What caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?

Accepted Answer

an asteroid

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climate change

Answer

Answer

global warming

Question 33

In what type of rock are fossils normally found?

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Answer

metamorphic

Answer

<p>igneous</p>

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