Earth History Unit Review

Question 1

Faults form at ________ boundaries.

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 2

A commonly found fossil of an organism that lived in a relatively short time is called...

Accepted Answer

Index fossil

Question 3

Which is the youngest layer here?

Accepted Answer

X

Question 4

What can we learn from igneous rocks?

Accepted Answer

The composition of the mantle

Question 5

Fossils are found in which rock types?

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary

Question 6

What can we learn from sedimentary rocks?

Accepted Answer

Past organisms and geological events

Question 7

The energy and heat that affects the surface of the earth starts from the __________.

Accepted Answer

Inner Core

Question 8

The Law of Superposition says that the oldest layer of rock is the _________ layer.

Accepted Answer

Bottom

Question 9

Ice cores tell us about the __________ of the Earth.

Accepted Answer

Historical Climate and Atmosphere

Question 10

Divergent boundaries form which of these geological features?

Accepted Answer

New Sea Floor

Question 11

What is the fossil record?

Accepted Answer

Collection of all known fossils

Question 12

A magma intrusion is younger than....

Accepted Answer

Only the layers it cuts through

Question 13

At a divergent boundary, the newest crust is going to be located...

Accepted Answer

Closest to the boundary

Question 14

The granite intrusion is younger than...

Accepted Answer

M, Z and P

Question 15

The fossil record is used to organize the _____________.

Accepted Answer

Geologic time scale

Question 16

The geologic time scale organizes the earth's history by...

Accepted Answer

Appearance, evolution, and extinction of organisms

Question 17

Carbon-14 is used for which type of dating?

Accepted Answer

Radioactive, absolute

Question 18

Convergent boundaries destroy crust at ______________.

Accepted Answer

Subduction Zones

Question 19

Igneous rocks that form UNDER the surface of the earth come from...

Accepted Answer

Magma

Question 20

Rock layers that have eroded or tilted are referred to as...

Accepted Answer

Unconformities

Question 21

The trilobite fossil is younger than...

Accepted Answer

T

Question 22

A fossil found in a layer of rock is __________ the rock layer.

Accepted Answer

The same age as

Question 23

The magma intrusion S is younger than...

Accepted Answer

R, X, F, and T

Question 24

If you found the same rock layer in two different sites, you would infer that they are...

Accepted Answer

The same age

Question 25

Which layers are the same age?

Accepted Answer

L and Y

Question 26

Footprints and burrows are examples of which type of fossil?

Accepted Answer

Trace fossil

Question 27

Which one of these is NOT an unconformity?

Accepted Answer

S

Question 28

What is the youngest layer?

Accepted Answer

X

Question 29

A dinosaur bone found in Z would most likely also be found in...

Accepted Answer

P

Question 30

Convergent boundaries form which of these geological features?

Accepted Answer

Mountains

Question 31

What is the oldest layer?

Accepted Answer

M

Earth History Unit Review

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Earth History Unit Review

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