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WorksheetsCH. 8 REVIEW
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How old is Earth?
a)
6.5 billion years
b)
65 million years
c)
4.6 billion years
d)
4.5 million years
2.
Slow geologic processes defines
a)
Uniformitarianism
b)
Catastrophism
c)
Disturbances
3.
An example of catastrophism
a)
River erosion of rock layers
b)
Mechanical weathering of rock
c)
Asteroid strike
d)
Snow storm
4.
Sudden, rare events changing Earth's surface
a)
Uniformitarianism
b)
Catastrophism
c)
Disturbances
5.
Igneous rock forms when
a)
Heat and pressure are applied
b)
Heat and cementation occur
c)
Magma cools
d)
Magma is squeezed
6.
Metamorphic rock forms when
a)
Heat and pressure are applied
b)
Heat and cementation occur
c)
Magma cools
d)
Magma is squeezed
7.
Sedimentary rock is formed when
a)
Heat and pressure are applied
b)
Heat and cementation occur
c)
Magma cools
d)
Magma is squeezed
8.
Type of rock most useful for relative dating
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Igneous
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Fossiliz
9.
Type of rock most useful for absolute dating
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Igneous
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Fossilzed
10.
This picture represents what principle?
a)
Absolute Dating
b)
Erosion
c)
Superposition
d)
Cross-cutting Relationships
11.
Sequence from Oldest to Youngest
a)
Sandstone, conglomerate, granite
b)
Granite, conglomerate, sandstone
c)
Conglomerate, granite, sandstone
d)
Conglomerate, sandstone, granite
12.
F is...
a)
an intrusion
b)
a fault
c)
erosion
d)
tilting
13.
B is...
a)
an intrusion
b)
a fault
c)
erosion
d)
tilting
14.
a)
D is older than B
b)
D is younger than B
c)
D is the same age as B
d)
D is the oldest layer
15.
Which one is NOT an example of disturbing rock layers
a)
Folding/tilting
b)
Faults
c)
Intrusions
d)
Deposition
16.
Rock settling into flat layers is an example of
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
cooling
d)
deposition
17.
What are three processes that change rocks
a)
heat, pressure, erosion
b)
heat, cementation, pressure
c)
erosion, weathering, deposition
d)
faults, intrusions, erosion
18.
Colorado River caused erosion
a)
True
b)
False
19.
What is half-life
a)
Time it take to change 1/2 parent isotope into daughter
b)
Time it takes to create rock layers
c)
Half a rock sample
d)
The amount of parent and daughter cells
20.
When Potassium releases an electron it becomes...
a)
Calcium
b)
Uranium
c)
Argon
d)
Lead
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