Age of the Earth VOCAB Practice

What is the best definition for geologic time?

• A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history.
• Method used to determine the age of rocks using the rate of decay of radioactive isotopes
• Remains of once living organisms show change over time
• The age of a rock compared to the ages of rock layers

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What is the best definition for Law of Superposition?

• A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together cemented together
• Method used to determine the age of rocks using the rate of decay of radioactive isotopes
• The top rock layer and its fossils is the youngest and the bottom is the oldest, if the rock is not disturbed.
• The numeric age of an object or event, often stated in years before the present, as established by an absolutedating process, such as radiometric dating

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What is the best definition for Geologic Record?

• A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history.
• Remains of once living organisms show change over time
• The age of a rock compared to the ages of rock layers
• The division of Earth's history into time periods.

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The age of a rock compared to the ages of rock layers

• Absolute Age
• Relative Age
• Geologic Time
• Law Of Superposition

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Theory that states that natural disasters such as floods and volcanic eruptions shaped Earth's landforms and caused extinction of some species

• Unconformity
• Uniformitarianism
• Catastrophism
• Geologic Time

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the best definition for Fossil Evidence?

• The age of a rock compared to the ages of rock layers
• Pieces of one rock unit that are contained within another
• Remains of once living organisms show change over time
• The division of Earth's history into time periods.

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A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface

• Geologic Time
• Igneous
• Volcanic
• Sedimentary

A break in the geologic record created when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long period of time.

• Uniformitarianism
• Radiometric Dating
• Unconformity
• Absolute Age

Distinctive fossils used to establish and compare the relative ages of rock layers and the fossils they contain

• Index fossils
• Relative age
• Radiometric dating
• Geologic time

A principle that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes

• Uniformitarianism
• Catastrophism
• Inclusions
• Unconformity

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