Geologic Time Quiz

What is relative age?

• Age of rocks and geological features compared with other rocks and features nearby.

• Age of rocks and geological features compared with rocks on the moon.

• Age of rocks and geological features compared with rocks on Mars.

What is the principle of original horizontality?

• Most rock-forming materials are deposited in horizontal layers.

• Most rock-forming materials are deposited in vertical layers.

• Most rock-forming materials are deposited in diagonal layers.

What does uniformitarianism state?

• Geologic processes occur today are similar to those that occurred in the past.

• Geologic processes occur today are different from those that occurred in the past.

• Geologic processes occur today are unrelated to those that occurred in the past.

What is the geologic time scale?

• Earth's history from its origin 4.6 billion years ago to its present.

• Earth's history from its origin 1 billion years ago to its present.

• Earth's history from its origin 10 billion years ago to its present.

What are fossils?

• Remains or traces of ancient living organisms.

• Remains or traces of ancient non-living organisms.

• Remains or traces of modern living organisms.

sediments are deposited in large continuous sheets in all lateral directions

• Law of Superposition

• Relative Aging

• Principle of Lateral Continuity

• Uniformitarianism

One rock contains pieces of another rock,the rock containing the pieces is younger than the pieces.

• Principle of Lateral Continuity

• Principle of Inclusions

• Geologic Time Scale

• None of these

times when many species in Earth died or became extinct within a relatively short period of time

• Fossils

• Relative Age

• Mass extinction

• Uniformitarianism

fossils of species that existed on Earth for a short length of time, were abundant, and inhabited many locations

• Mass Extinction

• Relative Age

• Law of Superposition

• Index Fossils

states that geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that have occurred in the past

• Uniformitarianism

• Law of Superposition

• Principle of Inclusions

• Geologic Time Scale