Chapter 6 Review

Which of the following is the largest division of geologic time?

• eon

• epoch

• era

• period

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To determine the most accurate and precise age of Earth's oldest rocks, geologists would use

• relative dating.

• the uranium-lead method.

• the carbon-14 method.

• index fossils.

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The phase "younger over older" could be used to remember the principle of

• absolute dating

• geologic column

• unconformities

• superposition

What is tilting?

• an intrusion

• a form of erosion

• folding of rock layers

• slanting of rock layers

What word best describes the geologic column?

• relative

• ideal

• absolute

• complete

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What does a scientist need to know to figure out the absolute age of a rock?

• the rate of decay for all elements in the rock

• the rate of decay for a radioactive element in the rock

The idea that geologic processes occurring now are the same as those in the past.

• modern geology

• catastrophism

• paleontology

• uniformitarianism

What can a scientist learn from studying the relationships between fossils?

• how paleontology has changed

• how life has changed

• how science has changed

• how the geologic column has changed

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A science that combines uniformitarianism and catastophism

• life

• paleontology

• modern geology

• earth

Most fossils are preserved in sedimentary rock

• True

• False

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