WorksheetsEarth Science, Tuesday Bell Ringer, 12.5.17
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Used to determine whether an object is older or younger than other objects
a)
Superposition
b)
Relative Dating
c)
Fossil
d)
Unconformity
2.
States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed
a)
Law of crosscutting
b)
Law of superposition
c)
Relative Dating
d)
Unconformity
3.
A break in the geologic record that is made when rock layers are eroded over a long period of time
a)
Law of Superposition
b)
Law of Crosscutting
c)
Relative Dating
d)
Unconformity
4.
Traces or remains of organisms that lived long ago
a)
Fossil
b)
Unconformity
c)
Superposition
d)
Column
5.
An ordered arrangement of rock layers that is based on the relative ages of the rocks
a)
Superposition
b)
Unconformity
c)
Layered
d)
Geologic Column
6.
What is the law of superposition?
a)
The age of sedimentary rock not found in the original layers.
b)
Metamorphic rock is younger than the nearby igneous rock.
c)
Sedimentary rock in it's original position is older than layers above it.
d)
Metamorphic rock is older because it was deposited to nearby sedimentary rock.
7.
How do geologists use relative dating?
a)
Placing rocks in order from youngest to oldest
b)
Placing rocks in order by minerals they contain
c)
Classifying rocks by different textures
d)
Classifying rocks by different isotopes
8.
Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.
a)
the younger the rocks get
b)
the smellier the rocks get
c)
the harder the rocks get
d)
the older the rocks get
9.
The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?
a)
old geologists
b)
sweet geology music
c)
the known history of rocks and fossils
d)
a list of every living thing ever
10.
What can be used to determine the relative ages of rock layers?
a)
Living animals
b)
Living plants
c)
Minerals
d)
Fossils
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