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Earths History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What era are we currently living in?

a)

Mesozoic

b)

Cenozoic

c)

Paleozoic

d)

Superposition

2.

What is relative age?

a)

when rocks are labeled

b)

The amount of times it being disturbed

c)

A rocks age compared to the ages of other rocks

d)

The number of years that hs passed since the rock formed

3.

Trace fossils provide evidence of the _____ of ancient organisms.

a)

evolution

b)

climate

c)

life

d)

activities

4.

Scientists who study fossils are called?

a)

sedimentary rocks

b)

Fossil studying

c)

Paleontologists

d)

scientists

5.

What is one of the five kinds of fossils?

a)

decay

b)

rock

c)

Mold

d)

shell

6.

an extrusion is always ___ than the rocks below it.

a)

Younger

b)

Older

c)

the same

d)

more useful

7.

What is evolution?

a)

Specific times of when people came to earth

b)

Change over time

c)

Different species on earth

d)

The amount of animals on earth

8.

What is absolute age?

a)

The number of years passed since the rock formed

b)

a rocks age compared to the ages of the other rocks.

c)

all of the rocks ages combined

d)

amount of layers in the rock

9.

A cast is a solid copy of the ____ of the organism.

a)

Type

b)

shape

c)

color

d)

temperature

10.

Most fossils form when ____ things die and are buried in ____.

a)

Fossils and sediment

b)

sediment and organisms

c)

living and sediment

d)

rock and fossils