Old Earth Ministries Online Geology Curriculum

Geology Chapter 8 Quiz

This short quiz should prepare you for the end of chapter test. It has 10 questions. You may take this quiz as many times as you like. Please proceed.

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1: This principle of relative dating states that in horizontal rock layers, the oldest rock layers are on the bottom.: Principle of Faunal Succession
Principle of Superposition
Principle of Crosscutting Relations
Principle of Inclusion
2: Carbon-14 has a half life of...: 5,730 years
6,450 years
60,000 years
4,400 years
3: The Paleozoic Era ended about...: 65 million years ago
4.5 billion years ago
543 million years ago
248 million years ago
4: This Era is also known as the "time of the dinosaurs."
5: Rock unit colors on geologic maps represent different rock types (for example, sandstones are green, igneous are purple, etc).: True
False
6: The term "cenozoic" means...: ancient life
middle life
recent life
7: James Hutton first developed the concept of uniformitarianism.: True
False
8: Fossils which are contained in a rock layer are important to this principle of relative dating.: Principle of Crosscutting Relations
Principle of Inclusion
Principle of Faunal Succession
Principle of Superposition
9: The divisions of geologic time are Eon, Era, Period, Epoch, and Age.: True
False
10: The Precambrian Eon ended about: 1.2 billion years ago
543 million years ago
248 million years ago
65 million years ago

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