Module D Unit 2

What are the relative ages of the features in order from oldest to youngest?

• Limestone, Basalt, Fault, Siltstone

• Siltstone, Fault, Basalt, Limestone

• Limestone, Fault, Basalt, Siltstone

• Limestone, Siltstone, Fault, Basalt

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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.

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Which sentence best describes the process of relative dating?

• Younger fossils are on top of older fossils.

• Older fossils are on top of younger fossils.

• Radioactive elements help determine the age of the fossil.

• Fossils are dated by comparing them with living descendants.

Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.

• the younger the rocks get

• the smellier the rocks get

• the harder the rocks get

• the older the rocks get

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The absolute age of an igneous rock can be determined by; 

• Comparing the sizes of the crystals found in upper and lower parts of the rock

• Comparing the amounts of decayed and undecayed radioactive isotopes in the rock 

• Examining the rock's relative position in a rock outcrop 

• Examining the environment in which the rock is found 

Scientists chose where units of geologic time began and ended based on major changes in life forms at certain times.

• true

• false

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What might you conclude if a fish fossil was found on top of a mountain in Kentucky?

• An Earthquake happened there.

• A Volcano erupted there.

• A forest covered that area for a while.

• A Sea once covered the area.

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The half-life of an element is:

• the time it takes for half of the material you started with to decay.

• It emits radiation and it changes into a different element.

• length of time for its half life.

• the element that the radioactive element turns into

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Layers of rock found one on top of the other are called

• straight lines

• stratigraphy

• strata

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What is the primary function of chlorophyll in plants?

• A) Absorbing water

• B) Absorbing sunlight

• C) Releasing oxygen

• D) Storing nutrients

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