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Grade 7 Historical Geology
The first mammals appeared during the
  1. Carboniferous Period.
  2. Precambrian Era.
  3. Jurassic Period.
  4. Triassic Period.
Grade 7 Historical Geology
Which type of dating uses the sequence of rock layers?
  1. relative dating
  2. absolute dating
Grade 7 Historical Geology
In which era did the first fish appear?
  1. Carboniferous
  2. Paleozoic
  3. Mesozoic
  4. Permian
Grade 7 Historical Geology
Which is the correct sequence of geologic eras from the oldest to the youngest?
  1. Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian
  2. Mesozoic, Precambrian, Cenozoic, Paleozoic
  3. Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
  4. Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian, Mesozoic
Grade 7 Historical Geology
Which of the following is an example of a trace fossil?
  1. mammoth tusk
  2. dinosaur footprint
  3. petrified tree log
  4. fly trapped in amber
Grade 7 Historical Geology
Geologic time is about                 years.
  1. 100 million
  2. 1 million
  3. 5 billion
  4. 10 billion
Grade 7 Historical Geology
Which type of dating uses the ratio of stable to unstable atoms?
  1. relative dating
  2. absolute dating
Grade 7 Historical Geology
Geologic Time is all of the time that has passed since the formation of
  1. the Grand Canyon.
  2. the Rocky Mountains.
  3. the Milky Way Galaxy.
  4. the planet Earth.
Grade 7 Historical Geology
Coprolite is an example of a trace fossil.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 7 Historical Geology
Fossils of tropical plants found in the Arctic and glacial markings on rocks found in South Africa are examples of evidence for
  1. the fossil record.
  2. land features.
  3. volcanoes.
  4. climate change.
Grade 7 Historical Geology
Earth formed at the beginning of which era?
  1. Paleozoic Era
  2. Precambrian Era
  3. Cenozoic Era
  4. Mesozoic Era
Grade 7 Historical Geology
The era in which you are living is the                .
  1. Paleozoic
  2. Precambrian
  3. Mesozoic
  4. Cenozoic
Grade 7 Historical Geology
The earliest human-like fossils formed during which time?
  1. Mesozoic Era
  2. Cenozoic Era
  3. Precambrian Era
  4. Paleozoic Era
Grade 7 Historical Geology
What is the idea that the geologic processes that operate today also operated in the past?
  1. Geologist Theory
  2. Hutton Theory
  3. Humanitarianism
  4. Uniformitarianism
Grade 7 Historical Geology
In which time frame did birds appear?
  1. Cambrian
  2. Precambrian
  3. Cretaceous
  4. Jurassic
Grade 7 Historical Geology
How are insect wings most likely to be fossilized?
  1. carbon imprints
  2. casts
  3. dissolved minerals
  4. molds
Grade 7 Historical Geology
Which is an important index fossil for the Paleozoic Era?
  1. fish
  2. sponges
  3. trilobites
  4. plants
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