GeologyUnitTestReviewGeologyUnitTestThursdayDec19/13 GeologyUnitLearningGoal#1GeologicTimeScale:

Name:_________

IcaninterpretthegeologictimescaleandidentifykeyeventsinearthshistoryifIcan Definethesewords:
NERD WORDS #5: Geologic time scale Sedimentary Rock Metamorphic Rock Igneous Rock Era Period Epoch Eon Cambrian explosion Precambrian Time Extinction

Answerthesequestions:
1.Whatarethreewaysthegeologictimescaleisdifferentfromthetimescaleweuseineverydaylife(min, hours,day,etc.)?

2.Howarethe3differenttypesofrockformed?Whichtypeofrockcontainsfossils?

3.Inwhichgeologiceradidmostofearthshistoryoccur?Whattypeoflivingorganismswerearoundduring thisera?

Reviewedtheseresources: GeologicTimeScaleIllustratedNotes GrandCanyonLabNotesinyourSIC Podcastonteacherswebsite(www.cyclonescience.com)CycloneCinema

GeologyUnitLearningGoal#2AbsoluteandRelativeDating:

IcandeterminetheabsoluteandrelativeageofrocksandfossilsifIcan.. Definethesewords: NerdWords#6

Law of superposition Relative dating Absolute (radiometric) dating Fault Index Fossil Fossil Erosion Igneous Intrusion

Unconformity

Answerthesequestions:
1.Whatisthedifferencebetweentherelativeandabsoluteageofarockorfossil?

2.WhatistheLawofSuperposition?

3.Determinetherelativeageofthefollowingrocklayersandevents: OLDEST:________________________________________________________YOUNGEST

4.Labelthefollowingunconformitiesintheaboveimage:Fault,IgneousIntrusion,Erosion

5.Carboninfoundinalllivingorganisms.TraceamountsofradioactiveC14foundinlivingthingsare usedtodatefossils.RadioactiveC14decaysintothestable,daughterisotopeN14.Afossilisfound withonly25%ofitsoriginalC14atomsremaining.Howoldisthefossil?

Reviewedtheseresources:
AbsoluteandRelativeDatingPracticePacket

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GeologyUnitLearningGoal#3PlateTectonicsTheory:

IcanexplaintheevidenceforandimplicationsofthetheoryofplatetectonicsifIcan... Definethesewords:
NerdWords#6 Plate Tectonics Alfred Wegener Continental Drift Arthur Holmes Convection Crust Mantle Inner and Outer Core

Answerthesequestions:
1.Howdoconvectioncurrentsforminthemantle?

2.WhowasthescientistthatdevelopedthetheoryofContinentalDrift?

3.WhatisthetheoryofPlateTectonics?

4.WhatevidencedowehavetosupportthetheoryofPlateTectonics?

Reviewedtheseresources:
PlateTectonicsActivitySheet PlateTectonicsEvidenceAnalysisSheet PlateTectonicsM.E.A.L.Paragraph

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GeologyUnitLearningGoal#3Evolution:

IcanidentifyandanalyzetheevidenceforevolutionifIcan... Definethesewords:
NerdWords#7 Theory of Evolution Natural selection Genetic Variation Homologous Structures Analogous Structures Vestigial Structures Artificial Selection Comparative Embryology Comparative Biochemistry

Answerthesequestions:

1.Millionsofyearsago,theancestorsofthehorsewere thesizeofalargedog.Theearlyhorsehadafootthat hadfourdigits.Overthousandsofyears,humanshave bredhorsestohavealargersizeandafootwithone singledigit(hoof).Whattermcanweusetobest describethischangeovertime?

2.Millionsofyearsago,theancestorsofhumanshadmuchsmallerbrainsthanmodern humans.Giveapossibleexplanationforhowhumansmayhaveevolvedlargerbrainsusing thefourcomponentsofDarwinsTheoryofEvolutionbyNaturalSelection.

Variation

Overpopulation

Selection

Time

3.Explainthedifferencebetweenhomologousandanalogousstructuresandgiveanexampleofeach

4.Whattypeofevidenceforevolutionispicturedtotheleft? Whatdoesittellus?

4.Inthetablebelow,correctthemisconceptionsaboutevolutionontheleftbywritingacorrect explanationontheright. Misconception Evolutionisjustatheory

Evolutionisindividualorganismsadaptingtotheir environment.

Organismsthatarethebiggestandthestrongest arethemostfit

Humansevolvedfromchimpanzees.

Evolutionalwayshappensataratethatistooslow toobserve

Reviewedtheseresources:
ThetheoryofEvolutionbyNaturalSelectionnotesheet

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