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Earth's Past Review

Quiz by Madeleine Schmaltz

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  • Q1
    Which of the following is an example of relative dating?
    They are in either 13 or 14 years old
    I am 100 years old
    The rock is 4.2 billion years
    I am older than my brother
    30s
  • Q2
    Which of the following is an example of absolute age?
    Kristina is younger than my grandpa
    Kristina is 75 years old
    Kristina is older than her sister
    Kristina is a grandma
    30s
  • Q3
    Some things fossilize easier than others, which one of the following would have the toughest time fossilizing?
    jellyfish
    teeth
    insect in amber
    bones
    30s
  • Q4
    What is a fault?
    a break in Earth's crust
    an earthquake
    a break in the road
    responsibility for an action
    30s
  • Q5
    Chose the definition of isotope.
    atoms with different numbers of electrons
    atoms with different numbers of neutrons
    atoms with different numbers of protons
    atoms of different elements
    30s
  • Q6
    What is the most common isotope used in radiometric dating?
    Carbon-13
    Carbon-14
    Nitrogen-14
    Carbon-12
    30s
  • Q7
    What happens during radiometric dating?
    stable isotopes decay into unstable ones
    unstable isotopes decay into stable ones
    stable isotopes decay into different stable isotopes
    elements break down into minerals
    30s
  • Q8
    A paleontologist studies.....
    animals
    space
    weather
    fossils
    30s
  • Q9
    Radioactive isotopes are....
    unstable
    stable
    30s
  • Q10
    The amount of time taken for the decay of half of the parent isotope is called the ________ of the radioactive element.
    stability
    full-life
    half-life
    radioactivity
    30s
  • Q11
    When lava comes through other layers of rocks and solidifies, this is known as a(n)
    fault
    untrusion
    magma
    intrusion
    30s
  • Q12
    Which of the following is an example of a trace fossil?
    preserved dinosaur foot prints
    a frozen mammoth
    a mummified plant seed
    a mosquito trapped in tree sap
    30s
  • Q13
    When new rock layers are much younger than the layers beneath it
    disconformity
    angular unconformity
    nonconformity
    unconformity
    30s
  • Q14
    How old is Earth?
    4.1 billion years
    4.6 billion years
    4.6 million years
    4.4 billion years
    30s
  • Q15
    Without absolute dating would we know the age of the Earth?
    yes
    no
    30s

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