Earth Science Review

What natural preservative have scientists discovered fossils within?

• amber

• frozen ground

• tar

• all of the choices

What principle did James Hutton use to determine that Earth was much older than a few thousand years old?

• superposition

• uniformitarianism

• conformitarianism

• logic

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What does the principle of superposition say?

• younger things are on the bottom and older ones closer to the top

• older and some younger things are on the bottom, and most younger ones are closer to the top

• younger and some older things are on the bottom and most older ones closer to the top

• older things are on the bottom and younger ones are closer to the top

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Most scientists rejected Wegner's theory of continental drift because it did not explain ________________________.

• formation of mountains

• where valleys come from

• coal deposits in Antarctica

• why the continents moved

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The relative age of something is ___________________.

• its age in relation to Earth

• its age since it was discovered

• its age in comparison to other things

• its age since it died

What do scientists use to help them determine the absolute age of rocks and other subjects?

• the number of atoms they are made of

• the properties of the fossils they are made of

• the properties of the atoms they are made of

• their weight

How old is the estimated age of Earth?

• a few thousand years old

• 4.6 billion years old

• 2.0 billion years old

• 1.3 million years old

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What is the force behind plate tectonics?

• convection current

• divergent boundaries

• Zeus's thunder

• gravity

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Over time, as an area is eroded, what will happen to the depth of the valleys?

• the depth will not change

• they will be come deeper at first, and then shallower as the hills erode

• they will smooth out and become even with the ground around them

• they will split into two or more valleys

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What are the two sources of thermal energy in Earth's interior?

• solar heating and gravity

• gravity and radioactive decay

• combustion and solar heating

• radioactive decay and combustion