QUIZ EARTH SCIENCE
TEST I
1. It represents a long period during which deposition stopped, erosion removed previously formed rocks and then deposition resumed.
a. Unconformity
b. Relative Dating
c. Relative Principles
d. Inclusion
2. Be established using the law of superposition, principle of original horizontality, principle of cross-cutting relationships, inclusions, and unconformities.
a. Relative Dating
b. Law of Superposition
c. Relative Dates
3. What is the principle that layers of sediment are generally deposited in horizontal position?
a. The principle of original horizontality
b. Principle of Cross Cutting Relationships
c. Correlation
4. A geologist who made the principles relating to rock ages?
a. Abraham Gottlob Werner
b. William Smith
d. Nicholas Steno
5. The ____ states that in an undeformed sequence of sedimentary rocks.
a. Inclusion
b. Law of Superposition
c. Relative Dates
TEST II
1. First seed plants appeared during:
A. Jurassic Period
B. Permian Period
C. Triassic Period
D. Mississippian Period
2. The last period of Paleozoic is
A. Cambrian
B. Ordovician
C. Permian
D. Devonian
3. The explosion of life occurred during
A. Ordovician Period
B. Silurian Period
C. Cambrian Period
D. Quaternary Period
4. What happened during the Silurian period?
A. First bird appear
B. Coral reefs expand and landplants begin to colonize barren land
C. Amphibians, evergreen and ferns appear
D. Holocene Humans flourish
5. This era is also called as the "Age of Invertebrates"
A. Paleozoic
B. Precambrian
C. Mesozoic
D. Cenozoic
TEST III
Directions: Write number 1-10 according to the time the event took place. 1 being the first event and 10 being the latest event.
_ Pangea was formed
_ Hominids developed and the Grand Canyon formed
_ Explosion of life
_ First snakes and primates appeared
_ First land plants appeared and land animals followed
_ Simple, singe-celled forms of life appeared
_ Four main continents formed: Gondwana, Baltica, Siberia, and Laurentia
_ Modern humans developed and
1. It represents a long period during which deposition stopped, erosion removed previously formed rocks and then deposition resumed.
a. Unconformity
b. Relative Dating
c. Relative Principles
d. Inclusion
2. Be established using the law of superposition, principle of original horizontality, principle of cross-cutting relationships, inclusions, and unconformities.
a. Relative Dating
b. Law of Superposition
c. Relative Dates
3. What is the principle that layers of sediment are generally deposited in horizontal position?
a. The principle of original horizontality
b. Principle of Cross Cutting Relationships
c. Correlation
4. A geologist who made the principles relating to rock ages?
a. Abraham Gottlob Werner
b. William Smith
d. Nicholas Steno
5. The ____ states that in an undeformed sequence of sedimentary rocks.
a. Inclusion
b. Law of Superposition
c. Relative Dates
TEST II
1. First seed plants appeared during:
A. Jurassic Period
B. Permian Period
C. Triassic Period
D. Mississippian Period
2. The last period of Paleozoic is
A. Cambrian
B. Ordovician
C. Permian
D. Devonian
3. The explosion of life occurred during
A. Ordovician Period
B. Silurian Period
C. Cambrian Period
D. Quaternary Period
4. What happened during the Silurian period?
A. First bird appear
B. Coral reefs expand and landplants begin to colonize barren land
C. Amphibians, evergreen and ferns appear
D. Holocene Humans flourish
5. This era is also called as the "Age of Invertebrates"
A. Paleozoic
B. Precambrian
C. Mesozoic
D. Cenozoic
TEST III
Directions: Write number 1-10 according to the time the event took place. 1 being the first event and 10 being the latest event.
_ Pangea was formed
_ Hominids developed and the Grand Canyon formed
_ Explosion of life
_ First snakes and primates appeared
_ First land plants appeared and land animals followed
_ Simple, singe-celled forms of life appeared
_ Four main continents formed: Gondwana, Baltica, Siberia, and Laurentia
_ Modern humans developed and