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General Earth Science quiz for test review with freshman high school.
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1
The best indicator of an area's ancient environmental conditions and climate would be the
type and distribution of fossils
amount of carbon decay in rocks
banding patterns of metamorphic rocks
Present plant and animal life
2
Which part of a sabor-toothed cat was most likely to be fossilized?
Skin
Jaws
Hair
Muscles
3
The decay of a radioactive isotope is measured in a unit called a
half life
decay rate
Tootsie roll effect
decay life
4
A specfic measure of how many years old a fossil would be is known as ...
GM dating
Relative dating
Absolute dating
Muscle Mania
5
The law of super position states that.....
Cross cutting is relative to treerings in age dating.
Igneous intrusions are made of sedimentary rock
Plate techtonics do not affect the rock layers
Rock layers are formed one on top of the other
6
In which type of rock are fossils most likely to be found?
Metamorphic
Extrusive Igneous
Sedimentary
Intrusive igneous
7
The unit of measure in Radioactive decay is known as a ?
Cup cake rule of toppings
Half life
Orginal mass decay in grams
Relative dating
8
Dating the rock layers according to the sequence of events is called?
Horziontal dating
Absolute dating
Relative dating
Law of super postion
9
Birds, Mammals, fish and dinosaurs all lived on Earth. Which one did not live in the Cenozoic?
fish
Dinos
Bird
Man
10
Which statement correctly describes the age relationship in the geologic cross section?
Layer E is an igneous intrusion
Layer A formed fist
Layer A formed after layer C
Layer C was the lastest layer to form
11
Jellyfish have rarely been fossilized because they
<p>disapear in salt water</p>
Have soft bodies
contain no carbon compounds
are in Bikin Bottom
12
What came first the Chicken or the Egg?
Chicken
EGG
13
During which time period did the Volcanoe form?
Pennsylvanian
Mississippian
Basaltic
Cenozoic
14
Most fossils found in Virginia are of Marine origin, meaning they were formed in the________.
In the dessert
In a river
In a creek
In the ocean
