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Geoglical History Of The Earth Study Guide

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The bottom layer is listed as the oldest. The top layer is listed as the youngest. What is this called?

a)

the rule of placement

b)

the principle of age

c)

the law of superposition

d)

the guarantee of order

2.

True or False: A fossil is living

a)

True

b)

False

3.

How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?

a)

2021 years old

b)

5 billion years old

c)

Nobody knows

d)

4.6 billion years old

e)

4.5 million years old

4.
According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 
a)
At the top of the rock layers
b)
Near the bottom of the rock layers
c)
In the middle of the rock layers
d)
Somewhat near the surface
5.

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)

carbon dating

6.

What was the first eon

a)

Archean Eon

b)

Proterozoic Era

c)

Hadean Eon

7.

What period do we live in?

a)

Cenezoic

b)

Triassic

c)

Silurian

d)

Quaternary

8.

When did life start to form

a)

Proterozoic Eon

b)

Archean Eon

c)

Cambrian Period

d)

Cenezoic Era

e)

Jurassic Period

9.

How did Earth form

a)

With many asteroids colliding

b)

By the merging of old planets

c)

The sun's supernova

d)

From big moons of jupiter

10.

What are rock strata

a)

Mountains

b)

Your failed 3rd grade art class project

c)

Igneous Rock

d)

Layers of rock

11.

What time were the dinosaurs in?

a)

Mezozoic Era

b)

Cambrian Period

c)

Triassic Period

d)

Cezozoic Era

e)

Hadean Eon

12.

How are new eras and periods marked

a)

New life forms

b)

Humans

c)

Dinosaurs

d)

By scientists

e)

Mass extinction

13.

What was the longest time in Earth's history

a)

Hadean Eon

b)

Precambrian Supereon

c)

Cambrian Period

d)

Paleozoic Era

e)

Neogene Period

14.

True or False: The Cenezoic Era is the shortest era

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Snoopy or Yoda

a)

Yoda

b)

Snoopy

c)

Tocuan Sam in a class debate