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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.
Grade 9 Historical Geology
The most recent ice age ended about                 years ago.
  1. 10,000
  2. 100,000
  3. 1 million
  4. 10 million
Grade 8 Historical Geology
Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved is called a                  .
  1. subduction zone
  2. track
  3. fossil
  4. deep-ocean trench
Grade 3 Historical Geology
Fossils are ONLY found in rocks.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Historical Geology
The process of using "half-lives" to determine the age of an object is known as what type of dating?
  1. Carboniferous dating
  2. Geologic dating
  3. Isometric dating
  4. Radioactive dating
Grade 2 Historical Geology
Fossils tell us about the past.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 11 Historical Geology
About how long ago was Earth formed?
  1. 4.5 million years
  2. 45 million years
  3. 4.5 billion years
Grade 8 Historical Geology
Which area of science studies Earth's history and structure?
  1. Astronomy
  2. Oceanography
  3. Meteorology
  4. Geology
Grade 7 Historical Geology
                provide a record of organisms that lived in the past.
  1. Fossils
  2. Sedimentary
  3. Limestone
  4. Rocks
Grade 3 Historical Geology
The scientist found a fossil of a triceratops. What does the word fossil mean?
  1. To soak in water
  2. A part of a planet
  3. The Earth's crust
  4. The hardened remains or traces of animals and plants that lived long ago.
Grade 8 Historical Geology
Gaps in rock sequences are called                  .
  1. superposition
  2. index fossils
  3. uniformitarianism
  4. unconformities
Grade 8 Historical Geology
Which area of Earth Science is the study of ancient organisms?
  1. astronomy
  2. meteorology
  3. paleontology
  4. oceanography
Grade 7 Historical Geology
What is a geologic time scale?
  1. A record of divisions in class history
  2. A record of divisions in state history
  3. A record of divisions in space history
  4. A record of divisions in Earth history
Grade 3 Historical Geology
Fossils can only be of dinosaurs.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Historical Geology
For fossils to form, the remains must be covered quickly by                .
  1. coprolites
  2. sediment
  3. water
  4. scavengers
Grade 9 Historical Geology
Which is a calendar of Earth's past?
  1. geologic time scale
  2. geometric time scale
  3. genetic time scale
  4. genealogical time scale
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