Geology Quiz #1 (vocabulary)

1. What is a system of chronological measurement that relates stratigraphy (study of rock layers) to time?

• geological time scale
• geologist
• geology
• law of superposition
• relative dating

2. What is the study of the physical features and history of Earth?

• geology
• geologist
• geological time scale
• law of superposition
• relative dating

3. As layers accumulate over time, the rock at the bottom is older than the rock at the top, if left undisturbed. What is this called?

• law of superposition
• geologist
• geological time scale
• geology
• relative dating

4. What is it called when there are no surviving members of a species?

• extinction
• geologist
• geological time scale
• geology
• law of superposition

5. Comparing the age of one rock to another to estimate the sequence of rocks.

• relative dating
• geologist
• geological time scale
• geology
• law of superposition

6. The layers formed in rocks.

• strata
• geologist
• geological time scale
• geology
• law of superposition

7. What is a person who studies the physical features and history of Earth called?

• geologist
• geological time scale
• geology
• law of superposition
• relative dating

8. Ice covering Earth for an extended period of time.

• ice age
• geologist
• geological time scale
• geology
• law of superposition

9. What happens when plates slide past each other in different directions and waves vibrate through Earth's surface.

• earthquake
• geologist
• geological time scale
• geology
• law of superposition

10. What is a fracture in rocks caused by plates sliding past each other?

• fault
• volcano
• index fossil
• magma
• Pangea