The History of Planet Earth

What can we learn from fossils?

• How earthquakes formed.
• How erosion changed mountains
• How Earth's magnetic field was formed
• How Earth's environment has changed

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What might you conclude if a fish fossil was found on top of a mountain in Kentucky?

• An Earthquake happened there.
• A Volcano erupted there.
• A forest covered that area for a while.
• A Sea once covered the area.

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Relative age of a rock is the number of years that have passed since the rock formed?            

• true
• false

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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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The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

• The absolute age of rock layers
• The age of fossils
• The relative age of rock layers
• the super powers of rocks

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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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_{Which of the following questions can be answered by studying  these fossil layers?} 

• What did the fish eat?
• Which organisms lived before/after/or at the same time?
• Why did dinosaurs become extinct?
• Are reptiles the ancestors to birds or fish?

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April is older than Zack, who is older than Rick.  This is an example of:

• Relative Dating
• Absolute Dating
• Law of superposition
• radiometric dating

The time scale of Earth History is called the:

• Earth Time Scale
• Geologic Time Scale
• Earth History Time Scale
• Radiometric Time Scale

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