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WorksheetsFossil and Earth (G)
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is relative dating?
a)
Finding the exact age of each layer of the earth's crust.
b)
Finding the close age of each layer of the earth's crust.
2.
Look at the picture and use relative dating to find which layer is the oldest.
a)
O
b)
A
c)
C
d)
B
3.
Fossils are formed by trapping the remains of plants and animals inside of rocks.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Which type of rock would you find fossils in?
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Metamorphic Rock
5.
Alfred Wegener was a German Meteorologist, who...
a)
...expanded on continental drift.
b)
...discovered relative dating.
c)
...named the layers of the earth.
d)
...created sonar technology.
6.
Which is not a layer of the earth?
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Nickel
d)
Crust
7.
Which two substances make up the earth's core?
a)
Iron and Nickel
b)
Iron and Steel
c)
Copper and Nickel
d)
Copper Steel
8.
The theory of continental drift is that the earth's crust is made of tectonic plates and those tectonic plates are moving.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
What does SONAR technology do?
a)
Collects the rays of the sun.
b)
Sends out sound waves that echo back.
10.
How old do most scientist think the earth is?
a)
4.5 - 4.6 Million Years
b)
4.5 - 4.6 Billion Years
c)
4.5 - 4.6 Thousand Years
d)
4.5-4.6 Hundred Years
11.
*Bonus* Which type of plate boundary formed Himalayan Mountains?
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
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