Geology Quiz
Name: _____________________
1. Label the following picture with the correct rock names: Metamorphic, Igneous, and Sedimentary
Cooling
Weathering
and erosion
Heat and
pressure
Compaction and
cementation
2. Label the following as uniformitarianism processes (U) or catastrophism processes(C)
Tornado: ____
Earthquakes: ____
Erosion: ____
Rock cycle: ____
Plate tectonics: ____
Which one shapes the earth? Explain.
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3. Explain the two pictures below using the following vocabulary: Continental drift, plate tectonics, index
fossils, Pangaea, Alfred Wegener.
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4. Put the layers in order from OLDEST to YOUNGEST:
Oldest
1.____
2.____
3.____
4.____
5.____
Youngest 6.____
The law of crosscutting says that which layer is younger than the ones it goes through? ______.
What do we called this layer? ________________________.
5. Radiometric dating is used to find the ___________________ age of a fossil. We use the element
____________________ which has two extra ________________, making it _______________. This
means we can measure how long it takes for it to _______________.