QUIZ 8ESS4 Ch10.1 Geologic Time Vocab 1

What does "Geologic Time" refer to?

• The timeline of Earth's history, about 4.54/4.6 billion years

• The layers of rocks and fossils

• The events and changes on Earth

• The remains of plants and animals

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What is the "Geologic Record"?

• The timeline of Earth's history

• The layers of rocks and fossils that tell Earth's past

• The events and changes on Earth

• The remains of plants and animals

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What does "Geologic History" include?

• The timeline of Earth's history

• The layers of rocks and fossils

• The events and changes that have happened to Earth over time

• The remains of plants and animals

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What is a "Fossil"?

• The timeline of Earth's history

• The layers of rocks and fossils

• The events and changes on Earth

• The remains or traces of plants and animals found in rocks

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What does the term "Uniformitarianism" refer to?

• The idea that conditions on Earth change in quick violent events.

• Marks or tracks left by animals.

• The idea that the way things happen on Earth today also happened in the past.

• A scientist who studies fossils.

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What is "Catastrophism"?

• The study of fossils to learn about life in the past.

• The idea that conditions and organisms on Earth change in quick violent events.

• Marks or tracks left by animals.

• The distribution of fossils in different places.

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What are "Trace Fossils"?

• The idea that the way things happen on Earth today also happened in the past.

• Marks or tracks left by animals, like footprints.

• A scientist who studies fossils.

• The distribution of fossils in different places.

What does "Fossil Distribution" show?

• Where fossils are found in different places, showing where plants or animals lived long ago.

• The idea that conditions on Earth change in quick violent events.

• Marks or tracks left by animals.

• A scientist who studies fossils.

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Who is a "Paleontologist"?

• A scientist who studies fossils to learn about life in the past.

• Marks or tracks left by animals.

• The idea that the way things happen on Earth today also happened in the past.

• The distribution of fossils in different places.

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