What is the Geologic Time Scale based on?

Geologic Time and Earth’s Biological History Quiz

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Science
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11th Grade
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Hard
Charles Johnvangogh Egay-Keaton
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Climate shifts
Volcanic activity
Fossil records
Rock formations
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which principle states that the layer on the bottom was deposited first and is the oldest?
Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships
Principle of Biologic Succession
Principle of Original Lateral Continuity
Principle of Superposition
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who proposed the theory of uniformitarianism, stating that the present is the key to the past?
William Smith
James Hutton
Charles Lyell
Charles Darwin
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the process of assigning actual age in years to rock based on properties of atoms?
Index Fossil Dating
Relative Age Dating
Absolute Age Dating
Biostratigraphy
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the time it takes for half of the parent atoms in a radioactive isotope to decay called?
Isotopic Decay
Radioactive Period
Half-Life
Decay Time
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the process by which helpful variations appear in a species while unfavorable ones disappear over long periods of time?
Mutation
Natural Selection
Genetic Drift
Adaptation
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the most well-known extinction event that is thought to have been caused by a large comet impact?
Extinction of the Giant Sloth
Extinction of the Saber-Toothed Tiger
Extinction of the Dinosaurs
Extinction of the Woolly Mammoth
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