Test 2 Practice

Preserved remains or traces of living things.

• Faults

• Intrusions

• Fossils

• Folds

The supercontinent formed during the Paleozoic era.

• Pangaea

• Precambrian

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

Magma that hardens inside rock layers.

• Folding

• Fault

• Intrusion

• Unconformity

A break in Earth's crust.

• Intrusion

• Fault

• Fossil

• Erosion

The law stating the oldest rocks are at the bottom.

• Law of superposition

• Law of gravity

• Fossil law

• Erosion law

Heat transfer through direct contact.

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

Method of heat transfer where colder fluids sink and hotter fluids rise.

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

• Greenhouse effect

An animal with a backbone.

• Invertebrate

• Vertebrate

• Reptile

• Amphibian

Mammals evolved and became dominant.

• Paleozoic era

• Precambrian time

• Mesozoic era

• Cenozoic era

An animal without a backbone.

• Vertebrate

• Reptile

• Mammal

• Invertebrate