Earth's Changing Surface Quiz

What is the term for layers of sedimentary rock and soil where each layer has distinct characteristics?

• Sill

• Superposition

• Rock Strata

• Dike

What is the method used to find the age of organic matter by evaluating ratios of different forms of carbon?

• Absolute Dating

• Relative Dating

• Carbon Dating

• Fossils

Who is the brilliant naturalist well known for his theory of evolution?

• Louis Pasteur

• Alfred Wegener

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

What is the part of the geologic time scale that begins with the appearance of Earth 4.5 billion years ago and ends with the emergence of multicelled organisms 540 MYA?

• Fossil record

• Precambrian period

• Carbon dating

• Geologic time scale

What type of rock is formed when sedimentary rocks and igneous rocks turn into rocks due to heat and pressure under the Earth's surface?

• Volcanic

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

What procedure allows geologists to analyze the rock's absolute age?

• Carbon Dating

• Displacement

• Relative Dating

• Superposition

Why is it difficult for scientists to find fossils from the Precambrian period?

• Scientists cannot date rocks before the Precambrian period.

• Life did not exist during this period.

• There are no rocks left on Earth that exits from this period.

• The life that existed had soft bodies, which rarely left behind fossils.

When did rock layer H form relative to the other rock layers?

• Layer H formed before layer E

• Layer H formed after layer E started to form and is older than all the layers beneath it.

• Layer H formed after layer E

• Layer H is older than layer G

• Layer H is younger than Layer J

What actually caused the changes in the arrangement of continents?

• Geologic time scale

• Fossil record

• Carbon dating

• Tectonic plates

What process is responsible for the drifting of continents due to pull motion?

• Subduction

• Continental drift

• Igneous intrusion

• Fault lines