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The system of time measurement involving the formation of and changes of the Earth. 

• Index Fossil 
• Geologic Time Scale 
• Law of Superposition 
• Preserved Fossil 

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Which layer of sedimentary rock is the oldest?

• A
• B
• D
• F

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This rock formed when bits of other rocks and sediment were pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Igneous Rock

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How was the Grand Canyon formed?

• earthquake

• flowing river

• waterfall

• rainstorm

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This chapter is all about ________ processes that change the Earth's surface.

• fast

• slow

• ongoing

• ending

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What type of process most likely created the mountain chain seen here?

• Volcanic eruptions created the mountains over millions of years.

• Tectonic plates pushed together forcing one plate under the other and then pushing the land upward.

• Earthquakes broke the earth into pieces and parts of it fell into cracks between faults.

• A river flowed through the land and created the valleys between the mountains making them appear taller.

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The Grand Canyon is more than 400 km long and in some places almost 2 km deep. Which model best represents the main process that formed the Grand Canyon?

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The model below shows layers of sediment on the floor of an ocean. Which of the following best explains how these layers can become rock over many years?

• Sand in the sediment melts and turns into rock.

• The weight of the water compacts the sediment into rock.

• Changing water temperatures turn sand in the sediment into rock.

• Pollution caused by humans turns the sediment into rock.

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(Ignore D) Which layer is the oldest?

• A

• B

• C

• E

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Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.

• the younger the rocks get

• the smellier the rocks get

• the harder the rocks get

• the older the rocks get

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