Relative Dating
Fossils
Virginia
Absolute Dating
Bonus
100
If Fossil A is found a mile beneath Fossil B, then Fossil A is most likely...
Older
100
Which of the following is a fossil?
Igneous Rock, Dinosaur Bone
Dinosaur Bone
100
How many physiographic provinces does Virginia have?
5
100
The time it takes for half of a substance to decay is its...
half life
100
Mr Probst is 27 years old, is that an absolute date or a relative date?
Absolute Date
200
If an intrusion cuts through a layer, then that layer has to be ________________ than the intrusion
Older
200
A Fossil is...
Evidence of something alive. Either a body, trace, or cast of a once living organism
200
This region of Virginia has lots of sediments that preserved recent Cenozoic fossils
Coastal Plain
200
If a half life is 5 minutes. Then how long would it take to go from 100 grams down to 50 grams
5 minutes
200
Mr Probst was born on the exact same day as Zendaya, is that an absolute date or a relative date?
Relative Date
300
Trilobite fossils are around 500 million years old. A fossil found in a layer above trilobites would be how old?
Younger than 500 million years
300
Fossils almost exclusively form in this type of rock
Sedimentary
300
This region of Virginia, known for its limestone caves, has lots of Paleozoic fossils
Valley & Ridge
300
If 12.5% of a radioactive isotope is left, how many half lives have passed?
3
300
Mr Probst is older than most middle school students, but younger than most of their parents, is this an absolute date or a relative date?
Relative Date
400
Which letter here represents the Oldest Event
Layer A
400
A Fossil being worn away, and the space where it was left being filled in with sediments that harden is this type of fossil.
Mold & Cast
400
This region of Virginia has the oldest fossils
Blue Ridge
400
The half life of Plutonium-244 is 80 million years. If 25% of it is remaining, how many years old is it?
160 million years old
400
What evidence points to Virginia once being a ocean/sea?
Most of the fossils we find are of marine organisms.
500
Which letter represents the event that happened most recently?
Fault line F
500
Where would I most likely find a fossil? An ancient ocean, or an ancient mountain?
An ancient Ocean because there are more sediments to fossilize organisms
500
Fossils from these three geologic eras are present in Virginia
Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic
500
What is the half life of this sampe?
1 Year
500
Have living things grown more or less complex over time? Give one piece of evidence
More complex over time. Fossils have developed extra parts/pieces/bodies throughout geologic history.