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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Dating that entails measuring the ratio of radioactive isotopes to their decay products.

a)

A. Absolute Dating

b)

B. Exclusive Dating

c)

C. Non-Relative Dating

d)

D. Relative Dating

2.

All, BUT ONE, are methods of relative dating:

a)

A. Cross-cutting

b)

B. Inclusion

c)

C. Original verticality

d)

D. Superposition

3.

Identify the diagram that explains the principle of Original horizontality in Relative dating.

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

Identify the diagram that explains the principle of Superposition in Relative dating.

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Identify the diagram that explains the principle of Inclusion in Relative dating.

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

(a)   is divided into three (3) eras- Paleozoic, Mesozoic and the Cenozoic.

7.

The largest span of time and also known as the time of hidden.

a)

A. Cambrian

b)

B. Carboniferous

c)

C. Precambrian

d)

D. Permian

8.

Began 544 million and lasted to 300 million yrs, during which time sea level rose, allowing marine life to flourish.

a)

A. Cenozoic

b)

B. Mesozoic

c)

C. Ordovician

d)

D. Paleozoic

9.

Also known as the Age of reptiles and the era of Pangea Breakup.

a)

A. Cenozoic

b)

B. Mesozoic

c)

C. Ordovician

d)

D. Paleozoic

10.

"The Age of mammals"

"The Age of flowering plants"

a)

A. Cenozoic

b)

B. Mesozoic

c)

C. Ordovian

d)

D. Paleozoic

11.

(a)   theory that describes the forces within the Earth that give rise to continents, ocean basins, mountain ranges, earthquake belts and other large scale features of the Earth' surface.

12.

the diagram shows the different types of (a)   .

13.

Devastating earthquakes can occur with this kind of fault, also called as Lateral Fault because it is characterized by horizontal movement.

a)
b)
c)
14.

Give the 3 types of Folds:_______, _________, and _________.

(a)  

15.

(a)   , German meteorologist who believed that there was once a supercontinent Pangaea.

16.

_________ calculates an age in years for geologic materials by measuring the presence of a short-life radioactive element, e.g., carbon-14, or a long-life radioactive element plus its decay product, e.g., potassium-14/argon-40.

a)

A. Absolute dating

b)

B. Radiometer reading

c)

C. Radiometric dating

d)

D. None of the Above

17.

The country lies along the ________, home to several tectonic plate boundaries that stretch from Indonesia to the coast of Chile within a 40,000-km arc of seismic violence that triggers volcanic eruptions and unleashes earthquakes almost every day.

a)

A. Circum-Pacific Belt

b)

B. Pacific Ring of Fire

c)

C. All of the Above

d)

D. None of the Above

18.

The closest active fault to Manila and represents the most likely near-field source of large damaging earthquakes.

a)

A. Eastern Philippine Fault

b)

B. Central Philippine Fault

c)

C. Marikina Valley fault system

d)

D. Western Philippine Fault

19.

From among the list, which one is a carnivore?

a)

A. Brontosaurus

b)

B. Stegosaurus

c)

C. Triceratops

d)

D. Velociraptors

20.

Awarding winning director of the award winning 1993 movie, Jurassic Park.

(a)