Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

History of Earth - St. Maria Goretti Part 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Using the geologic time scale, how can you describe the time period at present?

a)

Phanerozoic - Mesozoic - Cretaceous - Late

b)

Phanerozoic - Paleozoic - Permian - Late

c)

Phanerozoic - Cenozoic - Tertiary - Holocene

d)

Phanerozoic - Cenozoic - Quaternary - Holocene

2.

Which time period in the geologic time scale comprises more than 80% of Earth's history?

a)

Precambrian

b)

Archean

c)

Phanerozoic

d)

Hadean

3.

Which eon is associated with profound changes in life on Earth?

a)

Archean

b)

Cambrian

c)

Hadean

d)

Phanerozoic

4.

Which principle of relative dating uses the arrangement of rock layers in determining their relative age?

a)

Cross Cutting Relationships

b)

Original Horizontality

c)

Inclusion

d)

Superposition

5.

Which principle of relative dating posits that rock layers that are deformed must have experienced too much pressure?

a)

Cross Cutting Relationships

b)

Inclusion

c)

Original Horizontality

d)

Superposition

6.

What kind of unconformity is shown in the image?

a)

Angular Conformity

b)

Disconformity

c)

Nonconformity

d)

Intrusion

7.

Which of the following describes absolute dating? Choose all the correct answers.

a)

It finds the specific age of objects.

b)

It explains the environmental conditions that happened before.

c)

It uses the observable properties of objects to determine their age.

d)

It describes the sequence of events that happened in the geologic past.

8.

Very simple organisms survived during precambrian eon. What absolute dating technique is used to determine the age of these organisms?

a)

Radiocarbon Dating

b)

Potassium-Argon Dating

c)

Uranium-Lead Dating

d)

Luminescence

9.

If you want to know the diet of a certain organism, which type of fossil formation are you going to investigate?

a)

Molds and Cast

b)

Carbonization

c)

Trace Fossil

d)

Permineralization

10.

By studying the fossils of mammals, it was discovered that mammals are the most advanced organisms. At what particular time period did mammals start to exist?

a)

Cambrian

b)

Jurassic

c)

Permian

d)

Paleogene