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Test Description: Chapter 2, 3, 4
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which type of map is best used to find the location of a layer of coal at Earth's surface?
A
topographic map
B
geologic map
C
road map
D
weather map
2) Which principle states that the oldest rock layer is found at the borrow in an undisturbed stack of rock layers?
A
absolute dating
B
half life
C
superposition
D
uniformitarianism
3) Which term sans matching up rock layers in different places
A
superposition
B
uniformitarianism
C
correlation
D
absolute dating
4) Which are the remains of species that existed on Earth for relatively short periods of time, were abundant, and were wide spread geographically?
A
trace fossils
B
carbon films
C
body fossils
D
index fossils
5) Which can be used to find the absolute age of a fossil?
A
igneous intrusion
B
index fossil
C
angular unconformity
D
radioisotope
6) Which is most closely related to the first life forms on Earth?
A
stromatolite
B
trilobite
C
green algae (cyanobacteria)
D
Archaepteryx
7) Which might explain extinctions?
A
glaciation
B
overexploitation
C
asteroid
D
competition
8) Which time period do we live in?
A
Precambrian
B
Paleozoic
C
Cambrian
D
Cenozoic
9) What is the one giant landmass that was considered a supercontinent?
A
Parliament
B
Precambrian
C
Pangea
D
Trilobite
10) What information do fossils give geologists?
A
change over time
B
species
C
sediment
D
equations
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