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← Chapter 8 Test
5 Written Questions
5 Matching Questions
- Paleozoic Era
- Angular Unconformity
- The Earth age
- Life began
- Uniformitarianism
- a Age of ancient life
- b The Earth has evolved in a constant and uniform manner
- c 4.6 Billion Years Old
- d 600 million years ago
- e tilted beds overlain by nearly horizontal beds
5 Multiple Choice Questions
- uranium to lead
- Stage for Life
- Age of the Dinosaurs
- constant
- time it takes for ½ of the isotope
to decay
5 True/False Questions
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Principle of Superposition → oldest bed on bottom and youngest bed on top
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Nonconformity → Discontinuity in the
succession of Rock Strata -
Atomic number decreases
due to decay of → half-life -
Father of Geology → 4.6 Billion Years Old
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Disconformity → igneous or metamorphic rocks overlain by horizontal sedimentary rock
Regenerate Test