Geo Evo Quiz 2025

What did Alfred Wegener propose?

• Continental Drift Theory

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Theory of Natural Selection

• The Snowball Theory

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Trilobites are especially useful as index fossils because...

• They were alive for a brief time and distributed worldwide

• They were alive for a brief time and found only in a limited area

• They were alive for an extended time and distributed worldwide

• They were alive for an extended time and found only in a limited area

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How does the Law of Superposition show geological evolution?

• The youngest rock is on the bottom and the oldest layer is on the top

• The youngest layer is in the middle and the oldest layer is on the top

• The oldest layer is on the bottom and the youngest layer is on top

• There is no difference in the position of the layers in regards to age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How long ago was the formation of the Earth and moon?

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The Law of Superposition provides the ____ of the rocks and fossils while radioactive dating provides the ___ of rocks and fossils.

• absolute age/relative age

• relative age/absolute age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

According to the geologic time scale, which part of Earth's history spanned the longest amount of time?

• Cenozoic

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A fossil found in a narrow time range, but widely distributed around the Earth is called a(n)

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Theory that states that the gradual shifting of Earth’s plates causes continents to change their global positions

• Theory of plate tectonics

• Theory of continental drift

• Law of Superposition

• Theory of natural selection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This "activity" is responsible for creating new islands in Hawaii.

• Unconformity

• Hot Spots

• Uniformitarianism

• Mass Extinction

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

A gap in the rock record is called an

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