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WorksheetsFossils & GTS 2
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is the largest division of geologic time?
a)
period
b)
era
c)
eon
d)
epoch
2.
What process involves the comparison of rock layers with others in a sequence to determine its age?
a)
radiometric dating
b)
relative dating
c)
absolute dating
d)
carbon 14 dating
3.
A fossil used to date surrounding rock layers is called a(n)
a)
index fossil
b)
trace fossil
c)
mold
d)
cast
4.
Which of the following is a trace fossil?
a)
a frozen woolly mammoth
b)
a mummified plant seed
c)
a mark left by a dinosaur’s tail
d)
a mosquito trapped in amber
5.
Which of the following processes always occurs at a steady rate?
a)
radioactive decay
b)
erosion
6.
What did marine fossils discovered on a Canadian mountaintop tell scientists?
a)
Marine species once lived on land.
b)
The rocks on the mountaintop were once below the ocean’s surface.
c)
The rocks had probably been preserved in amber.
d)
The rocks had probably eroded.
7.
What is tilting?
a)
slanting of rock layers
b)
folding of rock layers
c)
a form of erosion
d)
an intrusion
8.
Which era ended with the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history?
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Cenozoic
9.
Which era ended with the mass extinction of the dinosaurs?
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Cenozoic
10.
How do geologists use the geologic time scale?
a)
to predict future extinction events
b)
to divide Earth’s history into manageable parts
c)
to record catastrophes
11.
the study of past life
a)
uniformitarianism
b)
catastrophism
c)
paleontology
d)
modern geology
12.
the idea that geologic processes occur slowly over a long period of time
a)
uniformitarianism
b)
catastrophism
c)
paleontology
d)
modern geology
13.
the idea that geologic change happens suddenly
a)
uniformitarianism
b)
catastrophism
c)
paleontology
d)
modern geology
14.
a science that combines uniformitarianism and catastrophism
a)
uniformitarianism
b)
catastrophism
c)
paleontology
d)
modern geology
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