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PSC 121
GAGE
FALL 2005
NAME _____________________________
DATE ______________________________
QUIZ 3
1.
Matching: select the best response from Column B for each phrase in Column A.
Selections from Column B may be used more than once or not at all.
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COLUMN A
COLUMN B
_____ 1.
dinosaurs exist
A.
divergent boundary
______2.
longest segment of Earth’s history
B.
Mesozoic Era
_____ 3.
San Andreas Fault
C.
asthenosphere
______4.
associated with trenches
D.
inner core
_____ 5.
humans evolve
E.
Precambrian Eon
_____ 6.
oceans form
F.
Cenozoic Era
______7.
rigid Earth layer
G.
convergent boundary
_____ 8.
Pangea breaks up
H.
mantle
______9.
appearance of fish
I.
transform fault
_____10.
solid iron-nickel
J.
lithosphere
_____ 11.
age of mammals
K.
Paleozoic Era
_____ 12.
245 Ma to 66 Ma
L.
outer core
______13.
liquid
M.
syncline
______14.
Red Sea
N.
anticline
O.
crust
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3.
a.
Explain why fossils of shellfish can be found on mountaintops.
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b.
Explain the difference between a body fossil and a trace fossil.
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c.
Where would you look in Maryland to find dinosaur fossils? Why?
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Can you tell the age of a rock stratum from its composition? Explain why or why not.
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4.
Use the diagram above to answer the questions that follow.
a.
For each pair below, explain which layer or feature is younger and explain the
geologic principle that supports your choice
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F and E
E and A
B and A
b.
What type of rock is D made of? Why?
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c.
What has happened at F?
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5.
a.
List at least 4 different pieces of evidence that support the theory of plate
tectonics.
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b.
Bonus:
Explain how seismic activity is linked to the theory of plate tectonics.
What is the Maryland state fossil or state dinosaur?
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