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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which statement can be supported by the image provided?
The left part of layer B is younger than the right part of layer B.
Layer D is older than layer C.
Layer C is older than layer B.
Layer A is the oldest layer.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Based on the evidence from the outcroppings provided, which conclusion is best supported?
Ammonites have been extinct longer than trilobites.
Fish did not exist until after trilobites were extinct.
Plants and trilobites coexisted.
Ammonites became extinct before dinosaurs were in existence.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Index fossils from Jacksonville, Florida are found to be 250 million years old. Similiar fossils have been found in Rome, Italy. What conclusion can scientist make?
The rock layer from Florida is younger than the rock layer found in Rome.
The rock layer from Rome and the rock layer found in Florida were created around the same time in history.
The index fossils does not point to any conclusions about the two rock layers.
The rock layer in Florida is older than the rock layer found in Rome.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Bast on the image, determine which era and period a rock layer was created if a Hexamoceras hertzeri fossil was found in the rock layer?
Permian Period, Paleozoic Era
Silurian Period, Paleozoic Era
Ordovician Period, Paleozoic Era
Silurian Period, Mesozoic Era
- 5. Multiple Choice
Hans finds a fossils he believes date to the early Triassic period or late Permian period. Approximately hold old is the fossil?
approximately 146 million years old
approximately 65 million years old
approximately 443 million years old
approximately 252 million years old
- 6. Multiple Choice
Based on videos from class, we observed vestigial structures in a whale which indicated the whale _____________________.
may have had ancestors that flew
may have had ancestors that laid eggs
may have had ancestors that once walked on land
have never changed over time
- 7. Multiple Choice
The gravel driveway is 18" lower than when it was constructed 10 years ago. We can conclude _________.
the driveway appears to be lower after new material was deposited along the sides of the driveway
the driveway is 18" lower due to water erosion sweeping away material after periods of heavy rains
nothing has changed and we are observing an optical illusion
- 8. Multiple Choice
When Alfred Wegener first proposed Continental Drift, he could not explain why the continents moved from a past location to their current location. He proposed____________ but was later proven false.
the continents floated around the earth due to Earth spinning
the continents fly around to new locations when gravity stops
there was once a super continent
- 9. Multiple Choice
The driving force for divergent plates, which causes sea floor spreading is ______________.
giant conveyor belts
volcanoes
earth quakes causing plates to move apart
mantle convection currents pushing plates in opposite directions
- 10. Multiple Choice
Igneous rock forms ______________________.
from weathering, erosion, compaction, and depositon
from high heat and pressure deep under the earth
from magma material becoming a lava flow that cools
breaking and crushing
- 11. Multiple Choice
In a convection current _________________________.
cooler, less dense material rises and warmer, more dense material sinks
warmer, less dense material rises and cooler, less dense material sinks
all material. is the same density and temperature
material changes direction based on the temperature
- 12. Multiple Choice
Islands formed from hot spot volcanoes _____________________.
are all the same age
vary in age, with the youngest being farthest from the hot spot location
vary in age, with the oldest being farthest from the hot spot location
vary in age, with no true way to determine the oldest
- 13. Multiple Choice
When a palm fossil was found in Wyoming several years ago, what could scientist conclude about Wyoming?
Wyoming was located in a warmer region closer to the equator millions of years ago.
Wyoming was an arctic climate millions of year ago.
Wyoming used to grow palms as a crop but switched to corn crops for financial reasibs.
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