vocabulary
How long is an eon?
Hundreds of millions to hundreds of billions of years.
Which rock is the youngest?
Far left.
What time period did the Cambrian Explosion take place?
The Cambrian Period.
Because it's dead.
Define what an era is.
a long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.
Name the following form of relative dating.
Original horizontality.
What time period did dinosaurs go extinct?
Cretacious Period.
What number between 1 and 10 am I thinking of.
8
What is a cross-cutting relationship.
any geologic feature that cuts across another feature is younger than the feature it cuts
Name the following form of relative dating.
Superposition.
What era did dinosaurs live in?
Mesozoic era.
Who was the 11th President of the United States.
James K. Polk
Define what a half-life is.
the time it takes for half of a given quantity of a substance to decay. (Another acceptable answer is 'A game released by Valve in 1998')
Define the cross-cutting relationship of superposition dating.
if there is an intrusion, it is younger than the rock it cuts across.
In which era did the Cambrian Explosion take place?
Paleozoic era.
What is Masen Lugo's favorite dinosaur
Brachiosaurus.
Define Dendrochronology.
The technique of dating geological events or environmental changes through relative dating by counting the rings inside of trees.
Define lateral continuity.
sediment is deposited horizontally in ALL directions.
What era did the Ice Age occur?
Late Cenozoic era.
Define 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia'
The fear of large words.