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Geologic Time
How can we relate rocks to time?
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The earth is ______________of years old
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Hundreds
Millions
Billions
Trillions
Hundreds
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Millions
Billions
Trillions
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Q. The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?
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old geologists
sweet geology music
the known history of rocks and fossils
a list of every living thing ever
old geologists
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sweet geology music
the known history of rocks and fossils
a list of every living thing ever
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Q. Which of the following statements about the fossil record is true?
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all organisms become fossils
organisms having soft body parts make up most of the fossils
all organisms that have shells become fossils
the fossil record is incomplete
all organisms become fossils
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organisms having soft body parts make up most of the fossils
all organisms that have shells become fossils
the fossil record is incomplete
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Q. Why is the fossil record incomplete?
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fossils get eroded away over time
most organisms never became fossils
scavengers and decomposers eat them too quickly
all of the above
fossils get eroded away over time
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most organisms never became fossils
scavengers and decomposers eat them too quickly
all of the above
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Q. Which of the following orders the rock layers accurately from oldest to youngest?
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A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
B, F, G, C, D, H, A, E
B, G, C, D, E, H, A, F
F, A, H, E, D, C, G, B
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
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B, F, G, C, D, H, A, E
B, G, C, D, E, H, A, F
F, A, H, E, D, C, G, B
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Q. Put the layers in order from oldest to youngest.
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a, b, c, d, e
b, c, d, a, e
b, c, d, e, a
e, d, c, b, a
a, b, c, d, e
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b, c, d, a, e
b, c, d, e, a
e, d, c, b, a
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Q. In this rock layer diagram there are two unconformities, a fault at E and an intrusion at D. Which unconformity occurred first? How do you know?
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Intrusion D occurred first because the instrusion has been moved by the fault.
The fault occurred first because it has moved the intrusion D.
Intrusion D occurred first because it can be seen in all of the rock layers.
Fault E occurred first because it is a normal fault.
Intrusion D occurred first because the instrusion has been moved by the fault.
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The fault occurred first because it has moved the intrusion D.
Intrusion D occurred first because it can be seen in all of the rock layers.
Fault E occurred first because it is a normal fault.
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Trilobites came before dinosaurs because they were found in a lower rock layer
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absolute dating
relative dating
absolute dating
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relative dating
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The earth is 4.6 billion years old
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absolute dating
relative dating
absolute dating
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Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?
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relative dating
absolute dating
radioactive dating
radiometric dating
relative dating
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absolute dating
radioactive dating
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Q. Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition?
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relative dating
absolute dating
radioactive dating
radiometric dating
relative dating
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absolute dating
radioactive dating
radiometric dating
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