Rock And Fossil Record Vocab Quiz
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 1789
Quiz on vocabulary flip books made for packets 1-3
Questions and Answers
- 1.The idea that geologic changes happen gradually over time.
- A.
Paleontology
- B.
Uniformitarianism
- C.
Catastrophism
- D.
None of the above
- 2.The idea that younger rocks lie above older rocks.
- A.
Unconformity
- B.
Relative dating
- C.
Superposition
- D.
Geologic column
- 3.Which of the following is NOT a type of unconformity:
- A.
Singular unconformity
- B.
Nonconformity
- C.
Angular unconformity
- D.
Disconformity
- 4.A detailed series of rock layers that contains all the known fossils and rock formations on Earth.
- A.
Superposition
- B.
Geologic column
- C.
Relative dating
- D.
Angular unconformity
- 5.Figuring out whether a rock layer is older or younger than the layers around it.
- A.
Absolute dating
- B.
Superposition
- C.
Relative dating
- D.
Blind dating
- 6.This happens when a radioactive isotope breaks down into a new isotope.
- A.
Absolute dating
- B.
Radioactive dating
- C.
Radioactive decay
- D.
Disconformity
- 7.Isotopes are atoms of an element that have different numbers of:
- A.
Protons
- B.
Electrons
- C.
Molecules
- D.
Neutrons
- 8.Finding the exact age of an object is called:
- A.
Relative dating
- B.
Geologic dating
- C.
Half-life
- D.
Absolute dating
- 9.The time required for half of a sample of a radioactive isotope to break down by radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope.
- A.
Geologic column
- B.
Half-life
- C.
Absolute dating
- D.
Absolute age
- 10.Another name for a radioactive isotope:
- A.
Parent isotope
- B.
Daughter isotope
- C.
Son isotope
- D.
Grandmother isotope
- 11.A radioactive isotope is stable.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Older rocks lie above younger rocks.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Catastrophism is the idea that geologic change happens suddenly.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.A paleobotanist studies fossilized insects.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Animals take in Carbon-14 by eating plants.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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