WorksheetsELS History of the Earth
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
They recontrsuct the sequence of events from the study of petrology, stratigraphy, and paleontology.
Geologist
Biologist
Pathologist
Chemist
The study of rock layers and layering.
Stratigraphy
Petrology
Paleontology
In this sequence of sedimentary rocks, the layer at the bottom of the sequence is the oldest, and the successively higher levels are successively younger.
Principle of Superposition
Principle of Original Horizontality
Principle of Cross-cutting Relationships
Principle of Inclusion
The geologic features like faults or igneous intrusions are younger than the rocks they cut across.
Principle of cross-cutting relationships
Principle of inclusion
Principle of superposition
Principle of original horizontality
The remnant or trace of organisms of a past geologic age.
Fossils
Fuels
Bones
Shells
It is created when mold fossils get filled with mineral. The minerals harden and form a replica of the original fossil.
cast fossils
mold fossils
ichnofossils
true form fossil
It reflects only the shape and surface marking of the organisms.
mold fossils
cast fossils
trace fossils
true form fossil
A major division of geological time that is a subdivision of an era and is itself subdivided into epochs.
(a)
It is also known as the “Age of Fishes”
(a)
Which of the following is not the alternative name for "Cenozoic Era"
Age of recent Life
Age of Mammals
Age of Flowering plants
Age of Insects
Age of Ordovician
