WorksheetsEarth's Surface Review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How does geologic change happen according to uniformitarianism?
a)
Every few years
b)
Suddenly
c)
Gradually
d)
After an Earthquake
2.
The traces or remains of an organism that lived long ago is a _________.
a)
geology
b)
fossil
c)
sediment
d)
unconformity
3.
The idea that geologic change happens suddenly is called _______________.
a)
uniformitarianism
b)
catastrophism
c)
deposition
d)
erosion
4.
Scientists use evidence from rock layers to compare with other layers to determine approximate age. This method of dating is called _______.
a)
radiometric dating
b)
estimate dating
c)
fossil dating
d)
relative dating
5.
What can fossils show us?
a)
Past life
b)
Changes in the environment
c)
The age of rock layers
d)
All of the above
6.
An example of uniformitarianism is ___________________.
a)
an asteroid hitting the Earth.
b)
a volcano erupting.
c)
an earthquake.
d)
gradual erosion like in the Grand Canyon.
7.
Which of the following events is a catastrophe?
a)
An average rainfall
b)
An asteroid hitting the Earth
c)
Gradual erosion
d)
Deposition
8.
Use the diagram below. According to superposition, which rock layer is the youngest?
a)
Layer A
b)
Layer B
c)
Layer D
d)
Layer E
9.
The idea that geologic processes occurring now are the same as those in the past is called _____________ .
a)
paleontology
b)
modern geology
c)
uniformitarianism
d)
catastrophism
10.
Catastrophism says that Earth is formed by ___________.
a)
Sudden changes
b)
Slow, gradual changes
c)
Both sudden and gradual changes
d)
Erosion
11.
The Earth is always changing.
a)
True
b)
False
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