Foss Earth History Investigation

Which is a process that allows scientists to compare rock layers with others in a sequence to determine their age?

• radiometric dating

• absolute dating

• relative dating

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What can be used to find the exact age of a rock specimen?

• ice cores

• index fossils

• radioactive dating

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Which chemical compound is present in an ice core sample?

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen oxide

• carbon monoxide

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Which best represents the purpose of ice core drilling?

• to study changes in gravity

• to study changes in climate

• to determine the relative age of fossils

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What role do faults play in the Law of Superposition?

• Faults create new types of rock.

• Faults are younger than the layers they cut through.

• Faults are the same age as the layers they cut through.

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

• by hardening and cementing of layers of sediment

• by fossils getting buried in various layers of sediment

• by cooling and hardening of hot molten rock from inside the Earth

Which is the best example of an index fossil?

• corals found in rock layers worldwide

• dinosaur bones found only in Australia

• footprints of different types of dinosaurs

• casts of bird feathers found in all layers of rock in an area

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Why are index fossils used as guides to determine the age of rocks?

• Each index fossil lived during a specific geologic time period.

• All index fossils lived during all the periods of geologic time.

• Index fossils are very rare and are not commonly found in rocks.

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Where is evidence most often found to represent a record of Earth’s history?

• air, lava, and fossils

• water, air, and rocks

• lava, water, and ice cores

• rocks, fossils, and ice cores

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Which is used to find the relative age of a rock?

• composition of rock layers

• position of rock layers

• carbon-14 dating

• uranium dating

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