Geologic History Vocabulary Quiz

What is the process of determining the specific age of an object or event in years?

• Absolute Dating

• Relative Dating

• Index Fossils

• Superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which idea suggests that Earth's history has been marked by rapid, worldwide events?

• Catastrophism

• Uniformitarianism

• Continental Drift

• Seafloor Spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What term describes the movement of Earth's continents?

• Continental Drift

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Seafloor Spreading

• Eon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the longest division of time in geology?

• Eon

• Era

• Period

• Epoch

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which division of geologic time spans tens to hundreds of millions of years?

• Era

• Eon

• Period

• Epoch

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What are fossils of organisms that existed in large numbers for a short geologic time used for?

• Index Fossils

• Absolute Dating

• Relative Dating

• Superposition

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is a long mountain chain with a central rift valley in the ocean called?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Uniformitarianism

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a division of geologic time within an era?

• Period

• Eon

• Era

• Epoch

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the process of comparing objects or events to determine their relative ages?

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

• Index Fossils

• Superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What principle states that Earth's geologic processes occur at consistent rates over time?

• Uniformitarianism

• Catastrophism

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4