WorksheetsGeology Quiz #1 (vocabulary)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What is a system of chronological measurement that relates stratigraphy (study of rock layers) to time?
a)
geological time scale
b)
geologist
c)
geology
d)
law of superposition
e)
relative dating
2.
2. What is the study of the physical features and history of Earth?
a)
geology
b)
geologist
c)
geological time scale
d)
law of superposition
e)
relative dating
3.
3. As layers accumulate over time, the rock at the bottom is older than the rock at the top, if left undisturbed. What is this called?
a)
law of superposition
b)
geologist
c)
geological time scale
d)
geology
e)
relative dating
4.
4. What is it called when there are no surviving members of a species?
a)
extinction
b)
geologist
c)
geological time scale
d)
geology
e)
law of superposition
5.
5. Comparing the age of one rock to another to estimate the sequence of rocks.
a)
relative dating
b)
geologist
c)
geological time scale
d)
geology
e)
law of superposition
6.
6. The layers formed in rocks.
a)
strata
b)
geologist
c)
geological time scale
d)
geology
e)
law of superposition
7.
7. What is a person who studies the physical features and history of Earth called?
a)
geologist
b)
geological time scale
c)
geology
d)
law of superposition
e)
relative dating
8.
8. Ice covering Earth for an extended period of time.
a)
ice age
b)
geologist
c)
geological time scale
d)
geology
e)
law of superposition
9.
9. What happens when plates slide past each other in different directions and waves vibrate through Earth's surface.
a)
earthquake
b)
geologist
c)
geological time scale
d)
geology
e)
law of superposition
10.
10. What is a fracture in rocks caused by plates sliding past each other?
a)
fault
b)
volcano
c)
index fossil
d)
magma
e)
Pangea
11.
11. What is molten rock?
a)
magma
b)
fault
c)
volcano
d)
index fossil
e)
Pangea
12.
12. The study of rock layers and layering.
a)
stratigraphy
b)
fault
c)
volcano
d)
index fossil
e)
magma
13.
13. What is a preserved imprint or remains of a prehistoric organism?
a)
fossil
b)
fault
c)
volcano
d)
index fossil
e)
magma
14.
14. When magma cools and solidifies before it reaches the surface.
a)
magma intrusion
b)
fault
c)
volcano
d)
index fossil
e)
magma
15.
15. A supercontinent in which all the land continents were connected.
a)
Pangea
b)
fault
c)
volcano
d)
index fossil
e)
magma
16.
16. What is used to date rocks and other nearby fossils?
a)
index fossil
b)
fault
c)
volcano
d)
magma
e)
Pangea
17.
17. When high-pressure magma finds and opening and explodes to the surface this happens.
a)
volcano
b)
fault
c)
index fossil
d)
magma
e)
Pangea
18.
18. What is this an example of?
a)
Volcano
b)
Strata
c)
Magma
d)
Fossils
19.
19. What is E?
a)
Volcano
b)
Strata
c)
Magma Intrusion
d)
Fault
20.
20. What are the layers in order from oldest to youngest?
a)
A, B, C, D, E
b)
E, C, B, A, D
c)
E, D, C, B, A
d)
E, C, B, D, A
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