Geologic Time an Fossil Vocab Quiz

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1
Paleozoic Era was the third major geologic time scale division... True or False?
False
True
2
A fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found
Mold
Trace fossil
Cast
Index Fossil
3
Precambrian was the first major division of geologic time and makes up 90% of Earths History
False
True
4
True or false the Cenozoic Era followed the Mesozoic Era.
True
False
5
Subdivision of the tertiary and Quaternary Periods of the Cenozoic Era is called...
Era
Epoch
Time Scale
Period
6
Carbon film is...
an carbon outline of a fossil
Old film that movies use to played on in drive throughs
A Film about Carbon
Idk Mr. Leinonen!
7
Unconformity
is the addition of extra layers of sediment
is just a uniform layer of rocks
occurs when layers of rock are missing
I didn't study my vocab the entire week Mr. L gave us IDK :(
8
The geologic age of a fossil, rock, geologic event or feature defined relative to other events.
Geologic Time Age
Absolute Age
Fossil Age
Relative Age
9
An idea that bottom layers of sedimentary rocks is the oldest and the top layer is the newest
Principle of common sense
Sedimentary Rocks
Principle of Superposition
Layers of Rock
10
Mesozoic Era was known for...
Rise of the Rocky Mountains due to the separation of Pangaea
Mammals
All of the above...
Dinosaurs
11
The flow of magma through Earths surfaces through cracks or craters...
Extrusion
Fault
Once again Mr. Leinonen I did not take advantage of my week.
Intrusion
12
Time it takes for one half of the radioactive isotope in a material to decay.
Relative time
Material Decay
Radioactive decay
Half-life

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