Relative Age & Fossils Quiz Review

When Scientists use rock layers to determine a fossils general age

WITHOUT providing an exact date they are identifying the fossils ....

• Relative Age

• Absolute Age

• Uniformitarianism

• Catastrophism

Looking at this section of undisturbed sedimentary layers, which best describes layer 2?

• Its the youngest layer

• It's the oldest layer

• Its younger than layer 1 but older than layer 3

• Its older than layer 1 but younger than layer 3

Dinosaur fossils are found above the K/T boundary

• True

• False

The idea that all landforms were created by quick and violent natural disasters that no longer exist today is called ----

• Radioactive Decay

• Uniformitarianism

• Relative Age Dating

• Catastrophism

What is the accepted scientific age of the Earth?

• 4.6 Million Years

• 4.6 Billion Years

This image shows a disconformity. The black squiggly line indicates that ______________ has occurred.

• A Fault

• An Intrusion

• Erosion

In the image, #4 represents ------

• A fault

• Folding

• Erosion

• An Intrusion

When scientists put an EXACT age (date) on a fossil they are identifying the fossil's -------

• Half-life

• Absolute Age

• Geologic Time

• Relative Age

The idea that the present is the key to the past

• Uniformitarianism

• Catastrophism

• Relative Age Dating

• Absolute Age Dating

The boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary Periods is known as the K/T boundary

• True

• False