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ELS History of the Earth

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

They recontrsuct the sequence of events from the study of petrology, stratigraphy, and paleontology.

a)

Geologist

b)

Biologist

c)

Pathologist

d)

Chemist

2.

The study of rock layers and layering.

a)

Stratigraphy

b)

Petrology

c)

Paleontology

3.

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.

a)

Principle of Superposition

b)

Principle of Original Horizontality

c)

Principle of Cross-cutting Relationships

d)

Principle of Inclusion

4.

The geologic features like faults or igneous intrusions are younger than the rocks they cut across.

a)

Principle of cross-cutting relationships

b)

Principle of inclusion

c)

Principle of superposition

d)

Principle of original horizontality

5.

The remnant or trace of organisms of a past geologic age.

a)

Fossils

b)

Fuels

c)

Bones

d)

Shells

6.

It is created when mold fossils get filled with mineral. The minerals harden and form a replica of the original fossil.

a)

cast fossils

b)

mold fossils

c)

ichnofossils

d)

true form fossil

7.

It reflects only the shape and surface marking of the organisms.

a)

mold fossils

b)

cast fossils

c)

trace fossils

d)

true form fossil

8.

A major division of geological time that is a subdivision of an era and is itself subdivided into epochs.

(a)  

9.

It is also known as the “Age of Fishes”

(a)  

10.

Which of the following is not the alternative name for "Cenozoic Era"

a)

Age of recent Life

b)

Age of Mammals

c)

Age of Flowering plants

d)

Age of Insects

e)

Age of Ordovician