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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
geologic map
B
weather map
C
topographic map
D
road map
2) Which principle states that the oldest rock layer is found at the borrow in an undisturbed stack of rock layers?
A
half life
B
superposition
C
absolute dating
D
uniformitarianism
3) Which term sans matching up rock layers in different places
A
uniformitarianism
B
superposition
C
absolute dating
D
correlation
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
carbon films
B
body fossils
C
trace fossils
D
index fossils
5) Which can be used to find the absolute age of a fossil?
A
index fossil
B
angular unconformity
C
igneous intrusion
D
radioisotope
6) Which is most closely related to the first life forms on Earth?
A
trilobite
B
green algae (cyanobacteria)
C
Archaepteryx
D
stromatolite
7) Which might explain extinctions?
A
glaciation
B
competition
C
asteroid
D
overexploitation
8) Which time period do we live in?
A
Cambrian
B
Cenozoic
C
Precambrian
D
Paleozoic
9) What is the one giant landmass that was considered a supercontinent?
A
Pangea
B
Trilobite
C
Parliament
D
Precambrian
10) What information do fossils give geologists?
A
sediment
B
species
C
change over time
D
equations
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