Earth History Test

In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary rock

• rock candy

• hard rock

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This type of fossil provides evidence of the activities of ancient organisms; examples include marks left by footprints or tails

• mold

• carbon film

• trace

• cast

How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?

• 2015 years old
• 3.6 billion years old
• 4.6 billion years old
• 4.6 million years old

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_{Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?}

• F
• E
• B
• A

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A researcher drills a cylindrical piece of ice from a glacier in the Antarctic to analyze its composition. What might  be the purpose of the researchers’ actions?

• to calculate the average snowfall for each year in the past
• to find the kinds of plants that survive in the Antarctic
• to investigate past climate and atmospheric conditions
• to study the minimum temperatures in which certain organisms can survive
  

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Carbon-14 is involved in which type of dating?

• absolute

• igneous

• metamorphic

• relative

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Which of the following eras is known as the "Age of Mammals"?

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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Four sedimentary rock layers, a fault, and an igneous rock intrusion are shown below.

• The fault is younger than the igneous rock intursion and the four sedimentary rock layers.

• The fault is older than the igneous rock intrusion and the four sedimentary rock layers.

• The fault is younger than the igneous rock intrusion and older than the four sedimentary rock layers.

• The fault is older than the igneous rock intrusion and younger than the four sedimentary rock layers

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Fossils can be divided into two categories, fossilized ____________ parts (bones, claws, teeth, skin, embryos, etc.) and fossilized ________, (which are footprints, nests, dung, tooth marks, etc.),

• Traces, Body

• Human, Animal

• Body, Traces

• Body, Animal

Trilobites can be found in both rocky places and marine areas on Earth, even though they are marine animals. How can we use trilobites fossils to show that changes have occurred over time?

• Trilobite fossils are in both rocky and marine areas proving that Earth has changed by natural processes.

• Trilobites actually show that nothing ever changes

• Natural processes no longer occur so trilobites show nothing

• Trilobites are compressed so much by natural processes that they only show in marine places

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