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Geologic Time Vocabulary
Test Description: Vocabulary for geologic time unit
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1) What is any method of determining an event is older or younger than other events?
A
Absolute dating
B
Radiometric dating
C
Relative dating
D
Carbon dating
2) What is any method of measuring the actual age of an event or object in years?
A
Teenage dating
B
Carbon dating
C
Relative dating
D
Absolute dating
3) A principle that states that geologic processes that occurred ini the past can still be explained by the current geologic processes is called?
A
Catastrophism
B
Law of Superposition
C
Unconformity
D
Uniformitarianism
4) The principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed is called?
A
Absolute dating
B
Radioactive decay
C
Unconformity
D
Law of Superposition
5) An atom that has the same number of protons but a different number of neutron of the sam element...causing the element to have a different atomic mass is called a(n)?
A
Isotope
B
Geologic Time Scale
C
Index Fossil
D
Geologic Column
6) A fossil is a
A
a mark that is formed in soft sediment by the movement of an animal.
B
break in the geologic record.
C
trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.
D
fossil that is found in the rock layers of only one geologic age and is used to establish the age of rock layers.
7) What is an unconformity?
A
A scientific study of fossils
B
Any method of deterring whether an event of object is older or younger than other events or objects
C
A principle that states geologic processes that occurred in the past can still be explained by the current geologic processes
D
A break in the geologic record created when rock layers are eroded, when sediment is not deposited for a long period of time
8) What is a fossilized mark that is formed in soft sediment by the movement of an animal?
A
Index fossil
B
Dino fossil
C
Fossil
D
Trace fossil
9) What is a fossil that is found in the rock layers of ONLY ONE geologic age and is used to establish the age of the rock layer is called a?
A
Fossil
B
Index fossil
C
Ghost fossil
D
Trace fossil
10) An arrangement of rock layers in which the oldest rocks are at the bottom is called?
A
Geologic Column
B
Law of Superposition
C
Extinction
D
Paleontology
11) Ross from the t.v. show Friends was a
A
Actor, someone who pretends to be someone else for a living.
B
Barber someone who cuts hair
C
Paleontologist, someone who studies fossils.
D
Teacher, someone who teaches the future of America!
12) Dinosaurs, dodo birds and wooly mammoths are examples of animals that have gone into
A
Extinction, the death of every member of a species.
B
Space.
C
Target to buy a t-shirt.
D
Starbucks to get a smoothie.
13) What is the process in which radioactive isotope tend to break down into a stable isotope of the same element is called?
A
Radiometric dating
B
Relative dating
C
Radioactive decay
D
Isotope
14) What is a method of determining the ages of an object by estimating the ratio of the parent to daughter isotopes?
A
Relative dating
B
Couples skate dating
C
Radiometric dating
D
Absolute dating
15) The study of fossils is called?
A
Geology
B
Bazingalogy!
C
Ecology
D
Paleontology
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