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Geologic Time
Test Description: Review of Geologic Time and the Fossil Record
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What are the largest divisions of time in the Geologic Time Scale?
A
Ages
B
Periods
C
Eras
D
Eons
2) What Era are we living in?
A
Cambrian
B
Mississippian
C
Cenozoic
D
Jurassic
3) Which is more exact?
A
Blind Dating
B
Relative Dating
C
Absolute Dating
4) What Law states that older rocks/fossils will be found in lower layers of the Earth?
A
Law of Geologic Time
B
Law of Gravity
C
Law of Volcanos
D
Law of Superposition
5) About how old is the Earth thought to be?
A
46 billion years
B
4.6 billion years
C
4.6 million years
D
46 million years
6) What vertebrates DID NOT live at the time of dinosaurs?
A
fish
B
lizards
C
humans
D
birds
7) Scientists believe that the first type of lifeforms on Earth were
A
bacteria
B
trilobites
C
insects
D
worms
8) About how much of Earth's history passed before there was oxygen in our atmosphere?
A
1/2
B
3/4
C
1/4
D
1/3
9) What is thought to be the source of all water on Earth?
A
meteorites
B
volcanic eruptions
C
photosynthesis
D
ice ages
10) TRUE or FALSE Earth has has survived more than one ice age.
A
FALSE
B
TRUE
11) Where do scientists believe life most likely began on Earth?
A
under the oceans
B
near swampy areas
C
in the crystals of meteorites
D
in volcanoes
12) Eons are divided into 3...
A
periods
B
eras
C
epochs
D
ages
13) Fossils are usually used for _______ dating of rock layers.
A
relative
B
absolute
C
radiometric
D
remote
14) What type of scientist collects and studies fossil evidence?
A
zoolologist
B
biologist
C
paleontologist
D
meteorologist
15) What can you infer if fossil A is found in a layer of the earth that is above fossil B?
A
Fossil A was from an animal that lived at the same time as fossil B.
B
Fossil A is younger than fossil B.
C
Fossil A was from an animal that was fighting the animal that formed Fossil B.
D
Fossil A is older than fossil B.
16) At one time the Earth had a large amount of oxygen. This caused...
A
volcanic eruptions.
B
an ice age to occur.
C
the planet to get hotter.
D
animals and plants to grow very large.
17) How do scientists believe the moon formed?
A
A planet collided with the Earth and pushed rock/dust into space, which orbited the Earth.
B
It formed at the same time the Earth did;from the same loose rock/dust as the Earth.
C
It was formed somewhere in the universe and was captured by the Earth's gravity.
18) Are all of the time divisions on the Geologic Time Scale equal in length?
A
NO
B
YES
19) From which continent do scientists believe the earliest form of humans came from?
A
Africa
B
Asia
C
Pangaea
D
Europe
20) What do we call the study of the physical structure and history of the Earth as told through rocks
A
geology
B
biology
C
astronomy
D
paleontology
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