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This is used to gather information about the Earth's past climate and atmosphere
a) ice cores
b) law of superposition
c) relative dating
d) fossils

This type of rock makes up 75% of earth's surface
a) igneous
b) sedimentary
c) metamorphic
d) preserved fossil

This type of rock is mostly associated with volcanoes
a) metamorphic
b) igneous
c) sedimentary
d) preserved fossil

Which one of these are not used in absolute dating.
a) carbon 14
b) half life
c) radiometric dating
d) law of superposition

This is used to gather information about how Earths environment has changed?
a) fossil record
b) ice core
c) law of superposition
d) nothing can be used for that

Which is the best way to get an exact age of a precambrian rock
a) law of superposition
b) absolute dating/radiometric dating
c) relative dating
d) organizing rock layers

This means the age of one object compared to the age of another object. It does not give an exact age/
a) radioactive dating
b) absolute dating
c) relative dating
d)

How can you tell which rock layer is the oldest?
a) by the height
b) by the weight
c) by the depth
d) by the order it appears in

The law of superposition states
a) all rock layers are the same age
b) that each rock layer is older than the one above it.
c) that each rock layer is older than the one beside it.
d)

These type of fossils can help find the relative age of a rock layer.
a) cast fossils
b) mold fossils
c) index fossils
d) none of the above

Carbon 14 dating is
a) relative dating
b) absolute dating
c)
d)

Which is the most accurate way of determining the age of a fossil?
a) radioactive dating
b) relative dating
c) dating index fossils
d) dating the rock layers above the fossil

The earths first era
a) paleozoic era
b) mesozoic era
c) Precambrian era
d) Ceonozoic era

This type of fossil is used in relative dating and lived during a short time period
a) cast fossil
b) mold fossil
c) trace fossil
d) index fossil

This era is known as the age of Mammals
a) Precambrian Era
b) Paleozoic Era
c) Mesozoic era
d) Cenozoic Era

Earth was created during the era
a) Precambrian Era
b) Paleozoic Era
c) Mesozoic Era
d) Cenozoic Era

Which supports the theory that some mountains were once at the bottom of an ocean?
a) There are underwater mountains on the ocean floor today.
b) Freshwater rivers flow to the ocean.
c) Fossils of marine organisms are found on the tops of some mountains.
d) Both mountains and ocean floors have similar minerals in their rocks.

Which evidence supports the idea that life on Earth has continually evolved?
a) evidence from layers of tree rings
b) evidence from rock layers, fossils, and ice cores
c) evidence gathered from melting glaciers
d) evidence that the climate has changed over the past 100 years

Which of these are not absolute dating
a) half life
b) carbon 14 dating
c) radiometric dating
d) index fossils

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