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WorksheetsUnit 3-Earths Layers
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
Sediments building up over time, creating layers
a)
igneous Rocks
b)
Deposition
c)
Lithification
d)
Index fossils
2.
How can a fossil of a shell be found at the top of a mountain?
a)
A bird flew over and dropped it
b)
Gravity pulled it up the mountain
c)
Wind blew it up to the top of the mountain
d)
Uplift forced an area that was once ocean up over time
3.
What is an index fossil?
a)
a fossil found only in a specific time period
b)
a fossil found across many time periods
c)
When only one fossil is found among thousands of others
4.
What is a terrestrial environment?
a)
Found in the atmosphere
b)
Water based
c)
Land based
5.
What fossils would give an indication that an area once was a swamp?
a)
Trees and grasses
b)
Fern, Dragonfly, frog
c)
Ferns and Trees
d)
Birds and Trees
6.
Where are the youngest layers of rock located in a land formation?
a)
In the middle
b)
At the bottom
c)
At the top
d)
The one with the fossils
7.
How does fossil pollen help us understand past environments?
a)
it allows us to understand the climate by what plants grew in that area
b)
It allows us to see what animals lived there
c)
It allows us to see the layers of the earth
8.
faunal succession is
a)
Each layer showing how organisms have changed over time - less complex organisms near the top
b)
All the fossils are the same in each layer
c)
The layers getting older as we get closer to the top
d)
Each layer showing how organisms have changed over time - more complex organisms near the top
9.
Uniformitariansim
a)
The same geologic changes that occur on the earth today, occurred the same way in the past
b)
Geologic processes change over time
c)
In any layer of rocks deposited in layers, the youngest are at the top
d)
Certain rock layers have certain types of fossils
10.
Law of Superposition
a)
In any rock formation, the youngest layer is on the bottom and the oldest is on the top
b)
In any rock formations, the youngest layer is on the top and the oldest is on the bottom
11.
This show the principle of...
a)
Uniformitariansim
b)
Horizontality
c)
Faunal succession
12.
What happened here?
a)
Erosion
b)
deposition
c)
a meteor impact
13.
Igneous rocks
a)
form from magma
b)
form from sedimentation
c)
form from pressure
14.
sediment rocks form from
a)
magma
b)
heat and pressure
c)
deposition and compaction
15.
metamorphic rocks form from
a)
deposition and compaction
b)
heat and pressure
c)
magma
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