WorksheetsROCK AGE AND THE AGE OF EARTH
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
WHICH TYPE OF ANIMAL FIRST APPEARED DURING THE DEVONIAN PERIOD?
REPTILES
AMPHIBIANS
MAMMALS
FISHES
FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLES OF RELATIVE DATING, WHICH IS THE CORRECT SEQUENCE OF THE ROCK LAYERS (OLDEST-YOUNGEST)?
(a)
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE ABOUT THE FORMATION OF ROCK LAYERS?
LAYERS OF ROCKS ARE FORMED OVER NIGHT.
EACH LAYERS OF ROCKS ARE MADE UP OF DIFFERENT SEDIMENTS THAT COMPACTED AND CEMENTED.
LAYERS OF ROCKS ARE FORMED OVER TIME.
OLDEST LAYER IS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAYERS.
I WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE FOUR PRINCIPLES OF RELATIVE DATING, THUS, I AM RECOGNIZED AS THE FATHER OF STRATIGRAPHY. WHO AM I?
(a)
WHICH WAS THE FIRST LIFE FORM THAT EXISTED ON EARTH?
ARCHAEBACTERIA
DINOSAURS
FLOWERING PLANTS
FISHES
WHEN THE PANGAEA WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE TWO CONTINENTS?
RUSSIA & AFRICA
WAKANDA & ASIA
EUROASIA & AMERICA
GONDWANALAND & LAURASIA
WHICH LAW OF RELATIVE DATING EXPLAINS THAT THE INTRUSION A IN THE IMAGE IS YOUNGER THAN THE ROCK LAYERS B, C, AND D?
(a)
THE FIRST EON WAS NAMED AFTER THE GREEK GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD FOR THE EARTH WAS ON FIRE DURING THIS TIME. WHO WAS THE GREEK GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD?
ZEUS
HERA
HADES
POSEIDON
WHICH PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVE DATING STATES THAT A FAULT IS YOUNGER THAT THE LAYER OF ROCKS?
(a)
WHICH TYPE OF ANIMAL FIRST APPEARED DURING THE JURASSIC PERIOD?
PLANTS
AMPHIBIANS
BIRDS
REPTILES
HE WAS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF STRATIGRAPHY, WHO IS HE?
NICHOLAS STINK
NICHOLES STEN
NICHO STENO
NICHOLAS STENO
HOW MANY YEARS CAN THE RADIOCARBON TRACE BACK?
(a)
Which of the following describes the relationship between events that happened throughout the Earth’s history?
Geologic Time Scale
Relative Dating
Geologic Time
Absolute Dating
HOW OLD IS THE EARTH?
14.6 BILLION YEARS OLD
12. 5 MILLION YEARS OLD
20 MILLION YEARS OLD
3.8 BILLION YEARS OLD
WHAT IS THE COMPLETE NAME OF YOUR SCIENCE TEACHER?
(a)
