Miller science 1st nine weeks

Which is not used by scientists when theyuse scientific evidence to analyze Earth's history:

• index fossil records

• layers of rock

• political maps

What is another word for layers of rock?

• strata

• strokes

• soccer

• salty

What are fossils that are used to compare the ages of rock layers?

• Shark teeth

• Index fossils

• alien fossils

• content fossils

When scientists look at the dates of the fossils and layers of rock, what can scientist construct?

• A timeline of taxes

• A timeline of births

• A timeline of Earth's history

• A timeline of music

What layer would you find cross-cuts all four sedimentary rock layers?

• Oldest

• Younger

• Inclusions

• Youngest

How old are the the fossils in section A?

• 450 to 480 million years ago

• 200-250 million years ago

• 300-350 million years ago

• 550 to 580 million years ago

What is the continuous process that involves the formation, transformation and erosion of rocks called?

• bicycle

• life cycle

• rock cycle

• tricycle

What type of rocks form when magma or lava cools and solidifies?

• Gravel

• Marble

• pea gravel

• Igneous rocks

What is it called when cooling occurs outside the Earth's surface?

• exclusive igneous rock

• extrusive igneous rock

• excellent igneous rock

• outstanding igneous rock

All of the following are the three main types of classifications of rocks except:

• ingenous

• metamorphic

• incentive

• sedimentary