What are two methods of determining relative age?

Ordering of rock layers and Index Fossils

List three catastrophic events

Asteroid or Comet Impact, Volcanic Activity, Climate Change

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1
What are two methods of determining relative age?
Index Fossils and Sedimentary layers
Index Fossils and Metamorphic layers
Ordering of rock layers and Index Fossils
Ordering of rock layers and soft fossils
2
Why was life impossible during the Precambian era?
Volcanic Activity
Oil Drilling
Seas were too shallow
Seas were too deep
3
Involving or causing great damage or suffering.
Cataplectic
Catastrophic
Cataclysmic
Catatonic
4
In what era were mosses and ferns common?
Paleozoic
Precambrian
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
5
In which era was Pangea formed?
Paleozoic
Precambrian
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
6
Which came first, invertebrates or vertebrates?
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
7
What are the following 3 eras, in order from earliest to the current era?
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Cenozoic
Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic
Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Mesozoic
8
Each rock layer is older than the one above it.
Law of Geologic Time
Law of Superposition
Law of Massposition
Law of Disposition
9
What 2 things have paleontologists used as evidence to establish the geologic time scale?
Layers of rock and Living Animals
Layers of rock and Fossils
Layers of fossils and rock pieces
Fossils and Living Animals
10
What do organisms have to be able to do when major climate change occurs?
They have to adapt quickly
They have to find a partner to hide with
They have to eat a great deal and sleep
They have to hibernate underground
11
What caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?
Asteroid Impact
Lack of Vacation time
No Christmas Presents
Snowstorm Impact
12
What is the name of the first geologic time period when Earth was formed?
PreEarthian
Precambrian
Preformian
Precenozoic
13
In what era did new mammals appear while some became extinct?
Precambrian
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Cenozoic
14
List three catastrophic events
Extinction, Creation, Inflammation
Asteroid or Comet Impact, Volcanic Activity, Climate Change
Climate Change, Flood, Inflammation
Impact of Asteroid, Creation, Volcanic Activity
15
What do we call a record of major events and diversity of life forms
Fossilarium Timescale
Historical Timescale
Superposition Timescale
Geologic Timescale

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Questions 15

Answers

1
What are two methods of determining relative age?
Index Fossils and Sedimentary layers
Index Fossils and Metamorphic layers
Ordering of rock layers and Index Fossils
Ordering of rock layers and soft fossils
2
Why was life impossible during the Precambian era?
Volcanic Activity
Oil Drilling
Seas were too shallow
Seas were too deep
3
Involving or causing great damage or suffering.
Cataplectic
Catastrophic
Cataclysmic
Catatonic
4
In what era were mosses and ferns common?
Paleozoic
Precambrian
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
5
In which era was Pangea formed?
Paleozoic
Precambrian
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
6
Which came first, invertebrates or vertebrates?
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
7
What are the following 3 eras, in order from earliest to the current era?
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Cenozoic
Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic
Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Mesozoic
8
Each rock layer is older than the one above it.
Law of Geologic Time
Law of Superposition
Law of Massposition
Law of Disposition
9
What 2 things have paleontologists used as evidence to establish the geologic time scale?
Layers of rock and Living Animals
Layers of rock and Fossils
Layers of fossils and rock pieces
Fossils and Living Animals
10
What do organisms have to be able to do when major climate change occurs?
They have to adapt quickly
They have to find a partner to hide with
They have to eat a great deal and sleep
They have to hibernate underground
11
What caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?
Asteroid Impact
Lack of Vacation time
No Christmas Presents
Snowstorm Impact
12
What is the name of the first geologic time period when Earth was formed?
PreEarthian
Precambrian
Preformian
Precenozoic
13
In what era did new mammals appear while some became extinct?
Precambrian
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Cenozoic
14
List three catastrophic events
Extinction, Creation, Inflammation
Asteroid or Comet Impact, Volcanic Activity, Climate Change
Climate Change, Flood, Inflammation
Impact of Asteroid, Creation, Volcanic Activity
15
What do we call a record of major events and diversity of life forms
Fossilarium Timescale
Historical Timescale
Superposition Timescale
Geologic Timescale