Unit 3 Paleontology (Regents Earth Science)

The cross sections below represent two rock outcrops labeled I and II. Letters A, B, C, D, and X identify rock layers. The rock layers have not been overturned. Which rock layer in outcrop II best correlates with layer X in outcrop I?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The cross section shows several rock units. Line AB indicates a fault. Points C and D are locations within the igneous rock unit. Circled letters E and F represent two of the sedimentary rock layers. Which rock could be found between locations A and C?

• marble

• metaconglomerate

• quartzite

• schist

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Which rock unit is oldest?

• C and D

• E

• F

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Which rock unit is youngest?

• C and D

• E

• F

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Which describes the relative age of the fault AB?

• Fault AB is younger than rock units E and F.

• Fault AB is older than rock units E and F.

• Fault AB is younger than rock unit E and older than F.

• Fault AB is older than rock unit E and younger than F.

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The study of fossil evidence suggests that humans...

• lived on the continent of Pangaea

• lived at the same time as dinosaurs

• have existed for a very brief time in geologic history

• have existed during most of geologic time

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At the end of which geologic time period were the continents of South America and Africa joined together and entirely located south of the equator?

• Paleogene Period

• Permian Period

• Jurassic Period

• Devonian Period

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The graph represents the decay of a radioactive isotope into a stable disintegration product. Which remains could be dated using this radioactive isotope?

• seeds from the earliest grasses

• feathers from the earliest birds

• mastodont bone

• Naples tree trunk

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Ordovician-age crinoid fossils of tropical marine origin are found in the bedrock of the Hudson-Mohawk lowlands region of New York State. This provides evidence that New York State was once located at a...

• lower latitude and lower elevation

• lower latitude and higher elevation

• higher latitude and lower elevation

• higher latitude and higher elevation

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The photograph shows the New York State fossil Eurypterus remipes. Eurypterus fossils are most likely to be found in surface bedrock near...

• Elmira

• Mt. Marcy

• Watertown

• Niagara Falls

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