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Unit 4 Test

Quiz by Daryl Cadanilla

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  • Q1
    The type radioactive decay that consists of two protons and two neutrons leaving the nucleus is
    gamma
    beta
    alpha
    60s
  • Q2
    What is the correct order of events, according to this picture? (oldest to youngest)
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    P , R, K , M, S, X, B

    P, K , R,M , S, X, B

    P, K, M, S, X, R, B
    B,R, X, S, M, K, P
    60s
  • Q3
    Scientists believe the earth to be about how old?
    13.7 billion years old
    younger than the moon
    older than the solar system
    4.6 billion years old
    60s
  • Q4
    Carbon-14 dating is method of absolute dating that can only be used on
    water
    minerals
    organic matter/ used to be alive
    rocks
    60s
  • Q5
    Layers of rock and fossil evidence help scientists
    list every event that has ever happened on the Earth’s surface.
    account for all of the species that have ever existed.
    determine the exact age of Earth.
    organize events in Earth’s geologic history.
    60s
  • Q6
    Scientists use radiometric dating (radioactive decay) to measure
    Time
    the number of fossils in rocks
    the absolute age of rocks
    the relative age of rocks
    60s
  • Q7
    According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found
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    In layer A
    Between layer A and B
    In layer B
    In layer c
    60s
  • Q8
    Which of the following choices is the oldest?
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    Layer A
    Intrusion H
    Layer L
    Intrusion D
    60s
  • Q9
    By saying: "I am older than my sister," is an example of which type of dating used in geology:
    Relative Dating
    Absolute Dating
    Chronological Sibling Timelines
    Fossil Dating
    60s
  • Q10
    Uranium-238 undergoes alpha decay. What element does it become?
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    Neptunium
    Actinium
    Proactinium
    Thorium
    60s
  • Q11
    Using the graph below, identify how long the half life is of iodine-131
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    64 days
    8 years
    8 days
    64 years
    60s
  • Q12
    ____ dating uses the ratio of parent isotopes to daughter isotopes
    Approximate
    Comparative
    Relative
    Absolute
    60s
  • Q13
    The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?
    The relative age of rock layers
    The absolute age of rock layers
    The age of fossils
    the super powers of rocks
    60s
  • Q14
    When scientists use logic to determine the age of one fossil compared to another, they use this type of dating.
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    Relative
    Absolute
    Carbon
    60s
  • Q15
    What is the difference between relative and absolute age?
    Relative only involves people
    Nothing
    Absolute can only be done on leaves
    Relative age is compared to other layers. Absolute age is the numeric age of a layer of rocks.
    60s

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