Flocabulary: Earth's History

How do sedimentary rocks form on Earth’s surface?

• in vertical stripes

• with no clear pattern

• in horizontal layers

• in a crisscross pattern

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What are strata?

• inconsistencies in the fossil record

• rock layers

• well-known and widespread fossils

• units of time

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What is normally found at the lowest stratum?

• all of the fossils

• all of the volcanic ash

• the youngest rock

• the oldest rock

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Stratigraphy is the study of

• evolution

• human history

• rock layers

• Earth's atmosphere

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Which of the following is not a unit of geologic time?

• epock

• millenium

• era

• age

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Which of the following describes the relative age of someone or something?

• Kaitlyn is younger than Dillon

• Dillon is 13 years old

• The trilobites is an index fossil

• The trilobite appeared 521 million years ago

True of False: Sometimes older rocks end up on top of younger rocks.

• True

• False

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Using a substance's rate of decay to determine its age is an example of

• relative dating

• using index fossils

• chemical engineering

• absolute dating

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What happened during the Cambrian explosion

• Dinosaurs went extinct

• Many animals first appeared

• Single-celled life first appeared

• Humans first appeared

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Which of the following rock layers contains the youngest fossils?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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