Earth Resources Review

The diagram above shows:

• a series of rock layers.

• evidence of past life.

• both a and b.

• none of the above.

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Of the fossils shown, which one is oldest?

• fish

• leaf

• clam

• not enough information to tell

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To determine the time span during which this species of fish lived, you should:

• measure the length of the fish.

• measure how far below the surface the leaf imprints were found.

• compare the fish fossil to the clam shell fossil.

• compare these rock layers to similar layers from other locations.

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Studying series of rock layers provides evidence for which of the following?

• Geologic time scale

• Mohs scale

• Law of Time and Space

• Law of Gravity

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Information from the diagram can be used to determine:

• when the last ice age occurred in Earth’s history.

• the relative age of events in Earth’s history.

• the exact age of events in Earth’s history.

• the diagram cannot be used to determine anything about Earth’s history.

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Geologists would NOT consider which of the following as major events in Earth’s history?

• the occurrence of an ice age

• the formation of mountains chains

• the extinction of a group of organisms

• the extraction of copper from a deposit

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The age of the Earth is closest to ____________ years.

• 4.6 thousand

• 4.6 million

• 4.6 billion

• 4.6 trillion

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Determining Earth’s history assumes that:

• processes that occur today occurred the same way in the past.

• processes that occur today occurred differently than in the past.

• each event in Earth’s history occurred only one time in the past.

• each event in Earth’s history will never occur again in the future.

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Geologic time periods are divided by:

• an equal number of years.

• the appearance and disappearance of certain life forms.

• the thickness of rock layers.

• changes in the pattern of the Sun’s rays.

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An essential part of petroleum formation is:

• volcanic eruptions

• dead organisms

• human impacts

• aquifers