Final Review Geologic Time

How old is the Earth?

• 460 years

• 460,000 years

• 4,600,000 years

• 4,600,000,000 years

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Which of the following statements is most accurate?

• Humans have been on Earth for a long time compared to the age of the Earth.

• Humans have been on Earth for a short time compared to the age of the Earth.

For an organism to become a fossil it must

• be eaten by another organism

• crushed

• rot quickly

• be buried quickly

A fossil found in a rock is the ____ age as the rock.

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The oldest rock layer is

• A

• C

• D

• E

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The youngest rock layer is

• A

• C

• D

• E

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Rock layer C is _____ E

• older than

• younger than

• the same age as

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Which of the following radioactive elements can be used to determine the age of the fossil?

• carbon-14

• Uranium-238

• thorium

• nitogen

Uranium-238 can be used to determine the age of

• fossils

• rocks

The instrument used to determine if a substance is radioactive is called a

• barometer

• geiger counter

• thermometer

• scale

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