Glencoe Earth Science

Chapter 13: Clues to Earth's Past

Section 3 Self-Check Quiz-Eng.

1
What do scientists use to help them determine the absolute age of rocks and other objects?
A)the number of atoms they are made of
B)the properties of the fossils they are made of
C)the properties of the atoms they are made of
D)their weight
2
What type of method do scientists use to determine correlation of rock layers?
A)radioactive decay
B)half-life
C)fossil evidence
D)all of the above
3
What mathematical principle does radiometric dating use to help determine the absolute ages of rocks?
A)subtraction
B)ratios
C)geometry
D)addition
4
Rocks that can be dated radiometrically are mostly __________.
A)igneous and sedimentary rocks
B)sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
C)igneous and metamorphic rocks
D)metamorphic rocks
5
Radiometric dating has been used to date the oldest rocks on Earth, and scientists now estimate Earth to be __________.
A)3.96 billion years old
B)4.6 billion years old
C)a few thousand years old
D)2.0 billion years old
6
What principle did James Hutton use to determine that Earth was much older than a few thousand years old?
A)conformitarianism
B)disconformitarianism
C)superposition
D)uniformitarianism
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