chapter 1 Chapter 2 names of those famous people and stuff Chapter 3 Chapter 4
100
Theory
To a scientist, knowledge that has a very high probability of being correct is called ________.
100
Unconformity
A sedimentary surface that represents a time gap in the sedimentary record is a?
100
James Hutton
Father of Uniformitarianism
100
Relative Age Dating
What was the primary dating method used to construct the Geologic Time Scale?
100
Oxygen and Silicon, Silicates
Which two elements are most abundant in the earth's crust? and which group of minerals is most abundant in the crust
200
Listhosphere; Athenosphere
The crust and upper mantle make up the? and the lower mantle is called?
200
Crosscutting relations
What principle indicates that a dike is younger than the rock it penetrates?
200
Nicolaus Steno
Principle of Original Horizontality
200
Time rock crystallized, Absolute dating
When an igneous rock crystal is dated, what event does the date generally refer to? and what kind of Dating is this?
200
False, Extrusive
True of false Basalt is an intrusive rock
300
T
Data collection is the first step in the scientific method
300
Index Fossiles
Which of these is the best way to correlate rocks of the same age between distant locations?
Degree of consolidation
Degree of metamorphism
Index fossils
Rock color
Rock composition
300
Charles Lyell
Believed in a false cyclic history of life
300
25%
The half life of Radon-222 is about 4 days. If a sample of Radon-222 undergoes decay for 8 days, how much of the original parent isotope will be left?
100%
300
Limestone
Protolith of marble is?
400
Divergent (subduction zone), convergent (MOR), transform (Transform fault)
List all three plate boundaries and the geologic feature associated with them
400
a=2, b=1, c=5, d=3, e=4
Match each branch of geological science with the topic it is involved in studying.
Biostratigraphy
Geochronology
Paleogeography
Paleontology
Stratigraphy

Dating past events
Fossil correlation
Fossils
Layered rocks
Positions of ancient continents
400
Neptunist
What was Abraham Werner?
400
A=4, B=1, C=5, D=3, E=2
Carbon-14
Potassium-40
Rubidium-87
Uranium-235
Uranium-238

Argon-40
Lead-206
Lead-207
Nitrogen-14
Strontium-87
400
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500
Geochronology
Science that deals with determining the age of rocks is called?
500
A=2, B=5, C=1, D=3, E=4
A.Catastrophism
B.Deism
C.Neptunism
D.Plutonism
E.Uniformitarianism

1.All rocks precipitated from a universal ocean.
2.Earth was shaped primarily by rapid and violent events.
3.Many of earth's primitive rocks were formed by heat from the interior.
4.Pre
500
Kelvin
Calculated age of earth using heat loss rates
500
A=2, B=4, C=2, D=1, E=1
A.Carbon-14
B.Potassium-40
C.Rubidium-87
D.Uranium-235
E.Uranium-238

1.Alpha decay
2.Beta decay
3.Electron capture
4.Gamma decay
500
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