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The Rock And Fossil Record
Test Description: Inside the Restless Earth Textbook Chapter 1
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The time when eras are divided.
A
eon
B
era
C
period
D
epoch
2) The use of rock layers to determine age.
A
radioactive decay
B
geologic time
C
absolute dating
D
relative dating
3) Used for dating things that lived within the last 50,000 years.
A
Rubidium-Strontium Method
B
Potassium-Argon Method
C
Carbon 14
D
Uranium-Lead Method
4) Any method of measuring the age of an event or object in years.
A
radiometric dating
B
adsolute dating
C
relative dating
D
half-life
5) A unit of geologic time that includes two or more periods.
A
period
B
era
C
eon
D
geologic time scale
6) A break in the geologic record created when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long period of time.
A
folding
B
fault
C
uncomformity
D
intrusion
7) The standard method used to divide the Earth's long natural history into manageable parts.
A
era
B
eon
C
period
D
geologic time scale
8) A subdivision of a geologic period.
A
period
B
eon
C
era
D
epoch
9) A mark or cavity made in a sedimentary surface by a shell or other body.
A
trace fossil
B
index fossil
C
cast
D
mold
10) A principle that states that geologic change occurs suddenly.
A
paleontology
B
uniformitarianism
C
catastrophism
D
superposition
11) A fossil that is found in the rock layers of only one geologic age and that is used to establish the age of the rock layers.
A
trace fossil
B
ammonites
C
trilobite
D
index fossil
12) The death of every member of species.
A
ear
B
epoch
C
extinction
D
eon
13) The era that came to an end with the largest mass extinction.
A
Cenozoic
B
Mesozoic
C
Archean Eon
D
Paleozoic
14) Younger rock is over older rock.
A
tilting
B
unconformity
C
superposition
D
uniformitarianism
15) A naturally preserved evidence of animal activity.
A
index fossil
B
cast
C
trace fossi
D
mold
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