Earth's History

An event in time when large amounts of animals and plants die off

• geologic time
• precambrian
• period
• mass extinction

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The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?

• old geologists
• sweet geology music
• the known history of rocks and fossils
• a list of every living thing ever

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The age of a rock given as the exact number of years since the rock formed

• law of superposition

• absolute age

• relative age

• evolution

The age of a rock compared to the ages of other rocks is the rock's

• absolute age

• sedimentary age

• metamorphic age

• relative age

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The geological principal that states that in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock, each layer is older than the the layer above it and younger than the layer below it.

• folding

• intrusion

• law of superposition

• metamorphic age

____________ is the process that breaks up rocks.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

_____________ is the process of dropping rocks into a new location.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

____________ is the process of rocks being carried from one place to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• The Rock

• minerals

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