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WorksheetsGeologic Time
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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1.
Scientists have estimated that this is the approximate age of the Earth.
a)
about 2017 years old
b)
10.3 Million Years
c)
They don't have any idea how old it is
d)
4.6 Billion Years
2.
What ways have Scientists used to calculate the Earth's age?
a)
Cut it open and count the rings like a tree.
b)
Dating the age of rocks found on Earth and in space.
c)
They just trust what people tell them.
d)
They just guess
3.
True or False...Dinosaurs and humans lived in the same time period.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
The Law of SUPERposition tells us that....
a)
New layers form on top of old layers
b)
The oldest layers are above the newer layers
c)
You can't assume a layers age based on its order
d)
The position of the layers is super
5.
More or Less? Eon compared to a century.
a)
More
b)
Less
6.
What layers are the most helpful when trying to give specific dates to fossils?
a)
The layers of Volcanic Ash
b)
The oldest layers
c)
Layers that contain the most fossils
d)
They can't give specific dates
7.
What things below can disturb layers of fossils?
a)
Only humans have the power and skill to make it to the layers of fossils
b)
Only earthquake activity
c)
Lots of things like floods, earthquakes, landslides and human activity.
d)
The layers can't be disturbed
8.
The layers we find fossils in form best .....
a)
In areas where there was water
b)
In areas that have mountians
c)
In areas that have jungles
d)
In areas where there was lots of plant life
9.
The earliest fossils we have found belong to living things that were...
a)
plants
b)
dinosaurs
c)
aquatic
d)
human
10.
Relative Dating... This term refers to telling time by...
a)
Putting things in order of when they happened
b)
Getting specific Dates
c)
Comparing the fossils to ones in the same family
d)
When two dinosaurs from the same family go out.
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