The Structure and Age of the Earth

A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history.

• anatomy

• relative age

• evolution

• geological time scale

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The age of a rock given as the exact number of years since the rock formed

• law of superposition

• absolute age

• relative age

• evolution

The age of a rock compared to the ages of other rocks is the rock's

• absolute age

• sedimentary age

• metamorphic age

• relative age

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The idea that the continents are slowly moving over Earth's surface

• law of superposition

• evolution

• continental drift

• absolute age

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When the continents were joined together in a supercontinent, or single landmass about 300 million years ago.

• Pangaea

• continental drift

• evolution

• All of the above

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What is the definition of GEOLOGY?

• The trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

• The standard method used to divide Earth's long natural history into manageable intervals of time.

• All fossils discovered on Earth.

• The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of Earth and the processes that shape Earth.

What is the definition of GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE?

• The trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

• The standard method used to divide Earth's long natural history into manageable intervals of time.

• All fossils discovered on Earth.

• The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of Earth and the processes that shape Earth.

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What is the definition of UNIFORMITARIANISM?

• Any method of determining whether an event or object is older or younger than other events or objects.

• A principle that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes.

• The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of Earth and the processes that shape Earth.

• The principle that states that all geologic change occurs suddenly.

What is the definition of FOSSIL?

• A long cylinder of ice obtained from drilling through ice caps or ice sheets; used to study past climates.

• Faults or intrusions are younger than any layer of rock they cut through.

• The trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

• The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

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What is the definition of ICE CORE?

• The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

• Faults or intrusions are younger than any layer of rock they cut through.

• A long cylinder of ice obtained from drilling through ice caps or ice sheets; used to study past climates.

• An ordered arrangement of rock layers that is based on the relative ages of the rocks (older rocks are at the bottom).

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