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Earth's History Test Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Geology?

a)

A person who studies dinosaurs

b)

Study of rocks on and within the Earth

c)

Break in rocks of Earth's crust; formed from movement

d)

Evidence of how life and conditions have changed on Earth

2.

What are Ice Cores?

a)

The study of computers

b)

A record that shows how old Earth's oceans are

c)

Evidence of newly adapted ice life

d)

Drilled ice out of glaciers; indicate climate change throughout history

3.

What is a fossil?

a)

Preserved remains of a past living organism

b)

Igneous Rock

c)

Broken pieces of rock

d)

Evidence discovered from all fossils

4.

What are some examples of organisms in the Mesozoic Era?

a)

Mold, Cast, Preserved, Petrified, Carbonized, Trace

b)

There's no such thing as the Mesozoic Era

c)

Reptiles, Dinosaurs, Small Mammals, Flowers

d)

Only Dinosaurs

5.

What are the kinds of fossils?

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Mold, Cast, Trace, Petrified, Carbonized, Preserved

c)

Change in vertical position of rock

d)

Evidence from all discovered fossils

6.

What is the Fossil Record?

a)

Evidence that shows all the kinds of discovered fossils

b)

Rock that is formed by heat

c)

Newer rock layers are above older ones

d)

New mammals

7.

Sedimentary Rock is...

a)

Rock that is formed from a collection of sediment on Earth's surface

b)

Formed from another rock with heat or pressure

c)

Formed from the cooling of magma

8.

Igneous Rock is...

a)

Formed from another rock with heat or pressure

b)

Formed from the cooling of magma

c)

Rock that is formed from a collection of sediment on Earth's surface

9.

Metamorphic Rock is...

a)

Formed from the cooling of magma

b)

Formed from another rock with heat or pressure

c)

Rock that is formed from a collection of sediment on Earth's surface

10.

What is a fault?

a)

A break in rocks of Earth's crust; formed from movement

b)

A type of fossil

c)

A person who studies the life of organisms

d)

Paleozoic Era

11.

What is a dip-slip fault?

a)

A change in rock that is vertical

b)

A change in rock that is horizontal

12.

What types of organisms existed in the Cenozoic Era?

a)

New Mammals, Flowers, Humans

b)

Dinosaurs, Reptiles, Fossils

c)

Single-Celled Bacteria

d)

Nothing; this was the first Era

13.

What types of organisms existed in the Mesozoic Era?

a)

Reptiles, Flowers, Dinosaurs, Small Mammals

b)

Nothing; this was the first Era

c)

Humans, and Mammals

d)

Mold and Cast Fossils

14.

The Precambrian Era was..

a)

the first Era, and the start of Earth's formation

b)

the most recent Era

c)

the point in time where dinosaurs lived

d)

1 million years ago

15.

The Law of Superposition states that newer rock layers form above older rock layers.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Early invertebrates (trilobites) and a mass extinction occured in this Era:

a)

Paleozoic Era

b)

Mesozoic Era

c)

Precambrian Era

d)

Cenozoic Era

17.

Radioactive Dating uses ___________ elements to determine the age of rock in years.

a)

radiometric

b)

sediment

c)

trilobite

d)

marble

18.

Relative Age gives you the exact age of a fossil.

a)

True, it will tell you in years

b)

False, it will give you an idea of the kinds of organisms that existed during its time period

19.

Index Fossils:

-common in their time period

-found in many different areas

-lived in a specific time period

Are ammonities an example of an Index Fossil?

a)

Yes

b)

No

20.

a= a hardened layer of magma beneath Earth's surface

b= a hardened layer of lava on Earth's surface

Which is an extrusion and which is an intrusion?

a)

a= intrusion, b=extrusion

b)

a= extrusion, b= intrusion

c)

neither, these are examples of fossils

21.

Unconformities- the surface where new rock layers meet a much older rock surface beneath them.

Do unconformities still apply to the Law of Superposition?

a)

No

b)

Yes

22.

Transform Boundaries: the mantle causes lithosphere plates to move past each other, creating faults

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23.

Convergent Boundaries: the mantle causes lithosphere plates to move together, creating mountains, island chains, and trenches

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24.

Divergent Boundaries- the mantle causes the lithosphere to move apart, creating earthquakes and new oceanic crust

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