Old Earth Ministries Earth History Test 1
Earth History Test 1


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1: The age of the earth is about:
13.7 billion years
6,000 years
4.5 billion years
65 million years
2: In geologic time, Eons are divided into eras, which are in turn divided into what time unit?

3: The Mesozoic Era is comprised of three geologic periods. The oldest (first) period is the (fill in the blank)

4: The middle geologic period of the Mesozoic Era is the (fill in the blank)

5: The final, and youngest geologic period in the Mesozoic Era is the (fill in the blank)

6: The Cambrian Period started and ended how many years ago?
Started 359 Ma (million years ago), ended 299 Ma
Started 1.2 Ga (billion years ago), ended 800 Ma
Started 542 Ma, ended 488.3 Ma
Started 542 Ma, ended 251 Ma
7: The term for the area where two tectonic plates split and pull apart is called a
Divergent Plate Boundary
Convergent Plate Boundary
Subduction Zone
Plate Split Zone
8: Determining the age of a rock layer based on the fossils that it contains is the science known as

9: The rising and falling of sea levels, resulting in the movement of deposition zones for sandstone, shale, and limestone, is known as
Shifting Deposition
Transgression and Regression
Advancement and Retreat
Zonal Change
10: An exposure of rock deposits at the earth's surface is called an outcrop.
True
False
11: The earth's system responsible for moving the continents on the earth's surface is
The Continental System
The Shield System
The Convection System
The Tectonic System
12: Geologic periods are broken down into Ages. In chronostratigraphy, a Stage is a succession of rock strata laid down in a single Age on the geologic timescale.
True
False
13: Biostratigraphy and superposition are methods known as 'absolute dating,' and can be used to date rock layers.
True
False
14: Footprints, burrows, and coprolites are all examples of trace fossils. The study of trace fossils is called 'Ichnology.'
True
False
15: Index fossils are used to define and identify geologic periods (or faunal stages).
True
False

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