Fossils Geologic Laws and Radiometric Dating and Rocks

Fossils Geologic Laws and Radiometric Dating and Rocks

8th - 10th Grade

39 Qs

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Fossils Geologic Laws and Radiometric Dating and Rocks

Fossils Geologic Laws and Radiometric Dating and Rocks

Assessment

Quiz

Other Sciences

8th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

39 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If Earth's history is put on a scale of 1 yard (1 in = 100 million yrs), human civilization would have been around for
less than one inch.
1 yard.
10 inches.
24 inches.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the breakdown of unstable isotopes into stable isotopes of other elements called?
uncomformities
relative dating
Carbon-14
radioactive decay

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How far back in time can geologists study the history of the earth?
1.6 billion years
46 million years
4.6 billion years
160 billion years

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the most accurate method to date very old rocks?
uranium-lead method
carbon 14 dating
relative dating
potasium-carbon dating

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the largest division of time?
eon
epoch
era
period

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of dating indicates a specific age of a rock by using methods such as carbon dating or Uranium 235?
Relative Dating
Absolute Dating

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of dating indicates an approximate age of a fossil in relationship to other layers of rock in an area?
relative dating
absolute Dating
radiometric dating

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