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Geologic History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which letter best represents an index fossil?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

2.

When did a mass extinction of dinosaurs and many land plants occur?

a)

65.5 mya

b)

251 mya

c)

300 mya

d)

440 mya

3.
Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?
a)
relative dating
b)
absolute dating
c)
radioactive dating
d)
radiometric dating
4.
Scientists use radioactive decay to measure...
a)
relative time
b)
absolute time
c)
half-lives
d)
time of day
5.
How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?
a)
2015 years old
b)
3.6 billion years old
c)
4.6 billion years old
d)
4.6 million years old
6.
April is older than Zack, who is older than Rick.  This is an example of:
a)
Relative Dating
b)
Absolute Dating
c)
Law of superposition
d)
radiometric dating
7.
During which era/eon did the dinosaurs live and die?
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Pre-Cambrian
c)
Mesozoic
d)
Cenozoic
8.
Which type of dating gives us the age of an item in exact years?
a)
Radioactive or Absolute
b)
Relative
9.
Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.
a)
the younger the rocks get
b)
the smellier the rocks get
c)
the harder the rocks get
d)
the older the rocks get
10.
The disappearance of a species.
a)
Evolution
b)
Extinction
c)
Migration
d)
Mutation
11.
According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
12.

According the graph, a piece of timber containing one-fourth of the amount of carbon-14 that is found in a living tree, died about how many years ago?

a)

11,400 years

b)

22,800 years

c)

5,700 years

d)

17,100 years

13.

Fossils of species that lived on Earth for short periods of time, were abundant, and were widespread geographically are...

a)

absolute date

b)

original remains

c)

index fossils

d)

trace fossils

14.

What appears to have occurred in the section labeled B in the figure

a)

Sediment was deposited on sloped ground.

b)

Sediment was deposited on sloped ground that later became level.

c)

Sediment was deposited on level ground that later tilted.

d)

Sediment was deposited on level ground that stayed level.

15.

The vertical section of rock in this image is a(n)

a)

igneous intrusion

b)

metamorphic foliation

c)

sedimentary structure

d)

none of the above

16.

True of False: Igneous Intrusions and Extrusions are younger than the rock layers they cut through

a)

True

b)

False

17.

True or False: Fragments of rock found inside another rock are always older than the rock of which they are a part

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What letter represents the most recent geologic activity?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

19.

Strata is another name for _____________________

a)

rocks

b)

layers

c)

mountains

d)

fossils

20.
You have 100 grams of radioactive C-14. The half life of C-14 is 5730 years. 
How many grams are left after 1 half life? 
a)
100 grams
b)
25 grams
c)
2 grams
d)
50 grams