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1) The idea that geologic processes occurring now are the same as those in the past
A
paleontology
B
catastrophism
C
modern geology
D
uniformitarianism
2) a scientist who published Principle of Geology from 1830-1833?
A
James Hutton
B
Charles Lyell
C
Jane Doe
D
John Smith
3) what is the idea that geologic change happens suddenly?
A
uniformitarianism
B
catastrophism
C
modern geology
D
paleontology
4) Who was the scientist who outlined uniformitarianism in 1788?
A
Charles Lyell
B
John Doe
C
James Hutton
D
Jane Smith
5) What is a science that combines uniformitarianism and catastrophism?
A
catastrophism
B
paleontology
C
uniformitarianism
D
modern geology
6) Accord to uniformitarianism, how does geologic change happen?
A
suddenly
B
every few years
C
after an earthquake
D
gradually
7) Which of the following events would be a catastrophe?
A
gradual erosion
B
deposition
C
an asteroid hitting the earth
D
an average rainfall
8) What kind of scientist studies the history of plants and animals?
A
a chemist
B
a botanist
C
a geologist
D
a paleontologist
9) What does a paleobotanist study?
A
fossil plants
B
past ecosystems
C
invertebrate animals
D
vertebrate animals
10) What is the study of past life using fossils?
A
modern geology
B
catastrophism
C
paleontology
D
uniformitarianism
11) how are rock layers arranged in the geologic column?
A
oldest rocks are on the bottom
B
oldest rocks are on the top
C
youngest rocks are in the middle
D
youngest rocks are on the bottom
12) how does a geologist know that rock layers are undisturbed?
A
rock layers are horizontal
B
rock layers are faulted
C
rock layers aer folded
D
rock layers are tilted
13) What is a fault?
A
slanted layers of rock
B
a bent and buckled layer of rock
C
a break in the Earth's crust
D
molten rock that squeezes into existing rock
14) what is the most common type of unconformity?
A
a nonconformity
B
a fault
C
an angular unconformity
D
a disconformity
15) Which of the following are isotopes?
A
atoms with the same number of neutrons
B
atoms with the same number of protons but different number of nuetrons
C
atoms with the same number of protons and nuetrons
D
atoms with the same number of electrons
16) What does a scientist need to know to figure out the absolute age of a rock?
A
the rate of decay of the rock's half-life
B
the rate of decay for all elements in the rock
C
the half-life of a radioactive element in the rock
D
the rate of decay for a radioactive element in the rock
17) What is amber?
A
an insect's body
B
wet, sticky tree sap
C
hardened tree sap
D
a hard shell
18) Which of the following is an example of mineral replacement?
A
La Brea tar pits
B
a frozen mammoth
C
hardened tree sap
D
petrified wood
19) Which of the following is an example of a trace fossil?
A
mold and cast
B
hardened tree sap
C
a frozen mammoth
D
preserved footprints
20) Which kind of temperatures will slow doen an organism's decay?
A
cool temperatures
B
freezing temperatures
C
hot temperatures
D
warm temperatures in a wet climate
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