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- Q 1/10Score 0What can rock fossils and original remains show about Earth's past?29organisms that were alive in the pasthow Earth's environment has changedhow the organisms livedAll of the above
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- Q1What can rock fossils and original remains show about Earth's past?organisms that were alive in the pasthow Earth's environment has changedhow the organisms livedAll of the above30s
- Q2Why do rock fossils form in sedimentary rock and not in igneous rock?the heat required to form igneous rocks destroys traces of plants/animalsthe heat required to form sedimentary rock destroys traces of plants/animalssedimentary rock is olderanimals only lived in water30s
- Q3Which of the following might show evidence of a year with low rainfall?original remainssedimentary rockindex fossilstree rings30s
- Q4Which era is best know for the time of the dinosaurs?MesozoicCenozoicPaleozoicPrecambrian30s
- Q5Half-life is a measurement ofradioactive breakdowncold climatesrelative agefossil age30s
- Q6What is the age of Earth?570 million years9.5 billion years4.6 billion years1.1 billion years30s
- Q7What was the earliest form of life?a fisha reptilea ferna one-celled organism30s
- Q8Which is not a period during the Mesozoic era?PermianTriassicCretaceousJurassic30s
- Q9Where would you expect to find the oldest rock layer?the toptime machinethe middlethe bottom30s
- Q10Which era of geologic time do you live in?MesozoicPaleozoicPrecambrianCenozoic30s
