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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
era
B
eon
C
epoch
D
period
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
Uranium-Lead Method
B
Potassium-Argon Method
C
Rubidium-Strontium Method
D
Carbon 14
4) Any method of measuring the age of an event or object in years.
A
relative dating
B
radiometric dating
C
half-life
D
adsolute dating
5) A unit of geologic time that includes two or more periods.
A
geologic time scale
B
eon
C
era
D
period
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
intrusion
D
uncomformity
7) The standard method used to divide the Earth's long natural history into manageable parts.
A
period
B
geologic time scale
C
eon
D
era
8) A subdivision of a geologic period.
A
period
B
era
C
epoch
D
eon
9) A mark or cavity made in a sedimentary surface by a shell or other body.
A
mold
B
trace fossil
C
cast
D
index fossil
10) A principle that states that geologic change occurs suddenly.
A
superposition
B
uniformitarianism
C
catastrophism
D
paleontology
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
ammonites
B
trilobite
C
trace fossil
D
index fossil
12) The death of every member of species.
A
epoch
B
eon
C
extinction
D
ear
13) The era that came to an end with the largest mass extinction.
A
Cenozoic
B
Archean Eon
C
Mesozoic
D
Paleozoic
14) Younger rock is over older rock.
A
unconformity
B
uniformitarianism
C
superposition
D
tilting
15) A naturally preserved evidence of animal activity.
A
index fossil
B
cast
C
trace fossi
D
mold
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