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Grade 9 Historical Geology
Dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the                      .
  1. Cretaceous period.
  2. Triassic period.
  3. Carboniferous period.
  4. Permian period.
Grade 4 Historical Geology
A tree buried in a mineral hot spring would probably form a                 .
  1. trace fossil
  2. mold fossil
  3. time scale
  4. petrified fossil
Grade 6 Historical Geology
When minerals replace parts of an organism, which is formed?
  1. Petrified fossil
  2. Fossil
  3. Cast fossil
  4. Mold fossil
Grade 8 Historical Geology
Order the divisions of geological time from the longest to the shortest.
  1. epochs, periods, eras, eons
  2. eons, epochs, eras, periods
  3. periods, epochs, eras, eons
  4. eons, eras, periods, epochs
Grade 3 Historical Geology
What could scientists learn from studying an animal's fossilized droppings?
  1. what kind of food it ate
  2. what color it was
  3. how well it could see
  4. how well it could hear
Grade 4 Historical Geology
Which of the following is an example of a trace fossil?
  1. footprint
  2. leaf
  3. skeleton
  4. trilobite
Grade 9 Historical Geology
Preserved remains of an organism would be called a                .
  1. preservative
  2. DNA
  3. hyperbolic
  4. fossil
Grade 4 Historical Geology
                is hardened tree sap.
  1. Fossil fuel
  2. Amber
  3. A mold
  4. An imprint
Grade 8 Historical Geology
The image shown could best be used for which purpose?
Geologic Cross Section 2
  1. relative dating
  2. absolute dating
  3. radiometric dating
  4. paleomagnetic dating
Grade 5 Historical Geology
While digging on dry land, a student found a fossil mold of a fish. Which is the best conclusion the student can draw from this?
  1. Fish lived on land long ago.
  2. The fish was a plant eater.
  3. Water once covered the dry land.
  4. Someone must have placed the fossil in the ground.
Grade 4 Historical Geology
Emily finds a fossil in a rock. Which of these would the fossil help her determine?
  1. age of the rock
  2. color of the rock
  3. texture of the rock
  4. grain size of the rock
Grade 8 Historical Geology
Which of the following does not describe the second mass extinction?
  1. half of all animal and plant life died
  2. dinosaurs became extinct
  3. the primordial ooze occurred
  4. the Sun was blocked and much plant life died, resulting in many animals dying
Grade 10 Historical Geology
Geologic eras are largely determined by                                .
  1. Earth's orbital position.
  2. shifts in the fossil record.
  3. average global temperatures.
  4. distribution of rock sequences.
Grade 8 Historical Geology
When did geologic time begin?
  1. about 4.6 million years ago
  2. about 4.6 thousand years ago
  3. about 4.6 years ago
  4. about 4.6 billion years ago
Grade 7 Historical Geology
Aside from the Precambrian, which of the following are the other largest divisions of the geologic time scale?
  1. Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic.
  2. Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Jurassic.
  3. Paleozoic, Triassic, and Jurassic.
  4. Mesozoic, Paleozoic, and Cretaceous.
Grade 3 Historical Geology
What is a paleontologist?
  1. a kind of tree sap
  2. a tool used to dig for fossils
  3. an animal that only eats plants
  4. a scientist who studies fossils
Grade 7 Historical Geology
Index fossils help to match
  1. plants to the animal life that ate them.
  2. sedimentary rocks with igneous rocks formed at the same time.
  3. rock layers from different areas.
  4. alphabetically arranged resources.
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