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GEOLOGY UNIT 1 QUIZ REVIEW
(1-6) Number the rock layers according to their relative ages. Label the oldest rock type #1 and the
youngest #6. (Option C is in the picture).
7. In rock sample A we find an equal number of uranium-235 and lead-207 atoms. The age of rock
sample A is estimated to be 704 million years old. In rock sample B, we find considerably more
uranium-235 atoms than lead-207 atoms. Uranium decays into lead. From this information, what can
we say about their ages?
Directions: Use options A-D to answer
8. Choose the area where subduction is occurring.
9. Choose the area where new crust is forming.
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10. Choose the area where mountains are being formed.
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11. Choose the area where earthquakes are generated. ____________
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B
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12. What kind of fault is the San Andreas Fault?
13. Who was the founder of the theory of continental drift and why wasn’t the theory originally
accepted?
14. Name the types of convergent boundaries
17. How do we know that the inner core of the earth is solid but the outer core is liquid?
18. What are the differences between oceanic and continental crust?
Label the inner layers of the earth
Label each diagram.
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