Earth's Evolution Over Time

Which era began with the early invertebrates, such as trilobites and brachiopods.

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

What era was the age of fish?

• Precambrian

• Palezoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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Mountains are created at this type of  boundary.

• Divergent 

• Convergent

• Transform 

Which of these explains that Earth's outer layer is broken into large slowly moving pieces? 

• Plate Tectonic Theory

• Continental Drift 

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How do scientists determine the absolute ages of rocks using radioactive isotopes?

• By analyzing the percentages of radioactive isotopes and daughter isotopes

• By measuring the thickness of the rock layers

• By studying the color of the rock

• By counting the number of fossils in the rock

What are the two techniques used to determine the age of Earth and the rocks on its surface?

• Fossil dating and tree ring dating

• Luminescence dating and thermoluminescence dating

• Carbon dating and potassium-argon dating

• Absolute and relative dating

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What principle allows scientists to compare the age of one rock or fossil to another?

• Principle of superposition

• Principle of inclusions

• Principle of original horizontality

• Principle of cross-cutting relationships

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What method of dating rock is used to determine the age of Earth?

• Carbon dating

• Potassium-argon dating

• Radiometric dating

• Luminescence dating

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What type of rock provides evidence of the environment that it once formed in?

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Volcanic rock

• Sedimentary rock

What do ice cores give a history of?

• History of tectonic plate movement

• History of volcanic eruptions

• History of meteorite impacts

• History of Earth's climate over time