WorksheetsGeologic Time and Rock Record
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
a principle that states current geologic processes are the same as the ones of the past
Uniformitarianism
Law of superposition
evolution
Determining the order rocks form is an example of
Relative Age
Absolute Age
Age
The oldest rock layer is on the bottom if it is undisturbed
Evolution
Uniformitarianism
The Law of Superposition
Sedimentary rock layers left undisturbed will remain horizontal
Law of Superposition
Principle of original horizontality
Uniformitarianism
A break in the geologic record
unconformity
conformity
superposition
Numeric age of a rock
relative age
absolute age
age
Sedimentary deposits showing definite annual layers
cross beds
ripple marks
Varves
Method of determining absolute age by comparing ratios of parent isotopes to daughter isotopes
Radiometric dating
double life
Radioactive material
Time required for half of a sample of radioactive material to break down
One Life
Double Life
Half Life
Fossilization the happens in very dry places
Amber
Mummification
Carbon Films
Stones in dinosaurs digestive tracks
Coprolite
Gastrolith
Amber
Ordered arrangement of rocks layers by relative age
geologic time scale
geologic time line
geologic column
Our current era
Cenzoic
Paleozoic
Precambrian
The longest era of geologic time
Precambrian era
Mesozioc era
Paleozoic era
Peak of dinosaurs
Mesozoic era
Cenozoic era
Precambrian
