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HSES Geologic Time scale, Relative & Absolute Dating

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  • Q1

    Place the following units of Geologic time in order from LARGEST to SMALLEST 

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    30s
  • Q2

    Place the following Eras in order starting with the MOST recent. 

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    Linking
    30s
  • Q3

    What is our current Eon? 

    Archean

    Phanerozoic

    Cenozoic

    Proterozoic

    30s
  • Q4

    During which Eon did the Earth and moon form? 

    Archean

    Hadean

    Phanerozoic

    Proterozoic

    30s
  • Q5

    How are the units of geologic time determined? 

    at random 

    every 500 million years

    based on the rotation of the Sun 

    based on major events that occurred in Earth's history

    30s
  • Q6

    What is an orogeny? 

    a type of prehistoric rock 

    the destruction of a supercontinent 

    a mountain building event 

    a mountain range on Pangea 

    30s
  • Q7

    What was the last supercontinent on Earth? 

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    Jumble
    30s
  • Q8

    Which major geologic features formed during the Cenozoic Era? 

    All of these

    Rocky Mountains 

    San Andreas Fault

    Cascades Volcanic Arc

    30s
  • Q9

    Which of the following is NOT one of Steno's Laws of Stratigraphy?

    Law of Unconformities 

    Law of Original Horizontality 

    Law of Lateral Continuity 

    Law of Cross-cutting relationships 

    Law of Superposition 

    None of these 

    30s
  • Q10

    A gap in the sequence of rock strata

    fault

    intrusion 

    unconformity 

    30s
  • Q11

    Which of the following is OLDEST? 

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    J

    K

    X

    R

    30s
  • Q12

    Which law would you use to determine the relative age of R? 

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    Law of superposition 

    Law of unconformity 

    Law of crosscutting relationships 

    30s
  • Q13

    Which law would be used to determine the relative ages of the layers shown? 

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    Law of unconformities 

    Law of crosscutting relationships 

    Law of lateral continuity 

    30s
  • Q14

    the breakdown of unstable elements into stable elements

    relative age 

    radioactive decay 

    isotope formation 

    absolute dating 

    30s
  • Q15

    Isotopes differ from each other in number of _____________ within the atom. 

    protons 

    neutrons 

    electrons 

    30s

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