Chronological Order

The arrangement of things in the order they occurred

• Radiometric Dating

• Sedimentary

  Layers

• Stratigraphy

• Chronological Order

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System of chronological measurement that relates rock layers to time

• Rock Strata

• Law of Superposition

• Geologic Time Scale

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the arrangement of things in the order that they occurred

• sedimentary layers

• fossil record

• fossil

• chronological order

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Put the animals in order from oldest to youngest.

• early horses, dinosaurs, armored fish, trilobites

• dinosaurs, armored fish, early horses, trilobites

• trilobites, armored fish, dinosaurs, early horses

• armored fish, trilobites, early horses, dinosaurs

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True or False - In sedimentary layers, the oldest rocks and fossils are at the bottom and the youngest rocks and fossils are at the top!

• True

• False

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Which era is the OLDEST?

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

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The sequence of events in the history of the Earth is best studied through which scientific method?

• Radiometric Dating

• Fossil Analysis

• Stratigraphy

• Carbon Dating

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Which principle states that in undisturbed layers of rock, the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest is at the top?

• Principle of Original Horizontality

• Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships

• Principle of Superposition

• Principle of Lateral Continuity

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What is the primary method used to determine the absolute age of rocks?

• Stratigraphy

• Radiometric Dating

• Fossil Correlation

• Sediment Analysis

Which of the following is a chronological record of life forms and geological events in Earth's history?

• Geologic Time Scale

• Fossil Record

• Stratigraphic Column

• Radiometric Chart

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