Earth History and Evolution Review

Unless a layer of rocks has been overturned or shifted,

the bottom rock layer

• has fossils

• is the oldest

• has the greatest amount of minerals

• has the hardest rock

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In what way are index fossils and layers of ash found in

ice cores similar?

• both were formed only during the Mississippian period

• both strongly resist chemical weathering

• both can be used for relative dating

• both only occur in igneous rocks

Trilobite fossils are found in Cambrian rocks but not in

Triassic rocks. Which statement best explains why

trilobite fossils are missing from Triassic rocks?

• Trilobites went extinct before the Triassic.

• Fossils did not form during the Triassic.

• Volcanoes and earthquakes destroyed only trilobite

  fossils during the Triassic.

• Trilobite fossils just haven't been found yet.

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Ice cores are most useful for determining:

• the amount of earthquakes in the past

• the atmospheric composition in the past

• the number of species alive in the past

• speed of geologic plates in the past

Which layer of rock is most likely the youngest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Many fossils of marine organisms are found in what is

now desert. Which hypothesis best explains this?

• Marine organisms lived on land in the past.

• The desert was once an ocean.

• The desert moved from the equator south.

• The fossils were moved by people.

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A rock is formed by the cementing of layers of sediment.

What type of rock is formed?

• volcanic

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

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Jane is older than Fred, who is older than Rick. This is

an example of _________.

• absolute dating

• law of superposition

• relative dating

• radiometric dating

According to the table, Which type of organism evolved

first?

• amphibians

• fish

• insects

• reptiles

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The collection of all discovered fossils make up:

• museum

• index fossils

• law of superposition

• fossil record

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