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