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Earth Science- Geologic time scale Part 1
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115) “The physical, chemical, and biological laws that operate today have also operated in the geologic past” is a statement of the doctrine of ________________________________.
- AUniformatarianism
- BUniversal health
- CPaleontology
- DCatastrophism
216) The doctrine of __________________ implies that Earth’s landscape has been developed by worldwide disasters over a short time span.
- AUniformatarianism
- BDestruction
- CCatastrophism
- DUniversal time
317) The doctrine of _______________ was put forth by James Hutton in his monumental work Theory of the Earth.
- ADestruction
- BCatastrophism
- CUniformatarianism
- DUniversal time
4Atoms with the same atomic number but different atomic mass number are called_________.
- Aprotons
- Bisotopes
- Cions
- Dneutrons
5A(n) ______________ in the rock record represents a long period during which deposition ceased, erosion removed previously formed rocks, and then deposition resumed.
- Anumeric dating
- Bsuperposition
- Crelative dating
- Dunconformity
6Earth is about _________________ years old.
- A4,000
- B4.5 million
- C4.5 billion
- D5.4 million
7Which eon of the geologic time scale means “visible life”?
- AProterozoic
- BPhanerozoic
- CArchean
- DHadean
8“Most layers of sediments are deposited in a horizontal position” is a statement of the principle of ______.
- AOriginal horizontality
- BSuperposition
- CCross-cutting
- Dinclusion
923) A (n) __________ consists of tilted rocks that are overlain by younger, more flat-lying strata.
- Adisconformity
- Bfault
- Cnonconformity
- Dangular unconformity
10A date that pinpoints the time in history when something took place is known as a (n) _______date.
- Arelative
- Bexact
- Cknown
- Dnumerical
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