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WorksheetsHistorical Geology
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Fossils are found as all of the following, EXCEPT:
a)
Casts
b)
Molds
c)
Living animal
d)
Preserved lizard
2.
A fossil would most likely form from:
a)
I lion eating an antelope
b)
A fish swimming into a trench
c)
A whale washing up on a beach
d)
A rat covered by a landslide
3.
Lava pits are excellent sources for recovering fossils.
a)
True
b)
What's a lava pit?
c)
False
d)
Are you going in a lava pit to find out?
4.
Which layer is the oldest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
5.
The Law of __________ tells us younger rocks are on top.
a)
Uniform-itarianism
b)
Congruity
c)
Positronics
d)
Superposition
6.
In the figure, "H" is ___________?
a)
an intrusion
b)
a splitting spike
c)
a contusion
d)
an inclusion
7.
A fossil found over a large area deposited within a short time period is _____________.
a)
a specimen interval
b)
an index fossil
c)
a time differential
d)
an indicator marker
8.
The geologic formation that is the youngest is ____.
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
9.
What is the order geologic time scales are divided (largest to smallest):
a)
Epoch, Period, Era, Eon
b)
Era, Epoch, Eon, Period
c)
Period, Eon, Epoch, Era
d)
Eon, Era, Period, Epoch
10.
Carbon dating is used on:
a)
organic samples
b)
minerals
c)
metamorphic rocks
d)
igneous rocks
11.
Which layer is oldest?
a)
E
b)
F
c)
G
d)
I
12.
The Precambrian is the ___________ time span in Earth's history.
a)
youngest
b)
latest
c)
earliest
d)
middle
13.
Earth today is in ________________.
a)
Cenozoic era, Quaternary period, Holocene epoch
b)
Precambrian epoch
c)
Devonian period, Quaternary era
d)
Triassic interglacial
14.
Paleozoic is an example of_________.
a)
an epoch
b)
an era
c)
a period
d)
an eon
15.
In what order do these appear in the geologic record (oldest to youngest)?
a)
Bacteria, fish, birds, humans
b)
Bacteria, birds, fish, humans
c)
Humans, birds, fish, bacteria
d)
Humans, fish, birds, bacteria
16.
All VA provinces have abundant fossils EXCEPT ___________.
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Appalachian Plateau
c)
Valley and Ridge
d)
Blue Ridge
17.
Earth's geologic history is divided into units based on:
a)
Radiocarbon dating
b)
Absolute dating
c)
Seismic information
d)
Fossil informaiton
18.
Trilobites are found in the _____________.
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Paleozoic
d)
Cretaceous
19.
Absolute dating measures _________________.
a)
the radioactive decay of material
b)
the depth of the fossil relative to sea level
c)
climate CO2 concentration
d)
the movement of tectonic plates
20.
The method used when determining if a layer is older or younger from another is:
a)
index dating
b)
relative dating
c)
absolute dating
d)
fossil fractionization
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