1. Scientific Method Relative Dating Absolute Dating Misc. $100 $100 $100
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Scientific Method
Relative Dating
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Absolute Dating
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2. Sandy is doing an experiment on which type of paper will allow a paper airplane to fly the farthest. Which of the following is the independent variable in the experiment?
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3. Type of paper
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4. Jamal is doing an experiment on which liquid makes a plant grow the tallest. What is a control variable for this experiment?
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5. Answers will vary
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6. a. Which type of music helps a plant grow the tallest?
Billy Joe is trying to find a good science fair question to test. Which of the following is a measureable question he could use?
a. Which type of music helps a plant grow the tallest?
b. Which type of carpet cleaner works the best?
c. How many people like to eat pizza?
d. Can dogs understand English?
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7. A
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8. Give 3 qualitative observations about the room.
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9. Answers will vary
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10. Give 3 quantitative observations about the room
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11. Answers will vary
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12. What does the law of cross cutting relationships say?
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13. Whatever does the cutting is younger than the layers it cuts across
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14. What does the law of superposition say?
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15. Oldest layer is on the bottom and youngest layer is on the top
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16. What are the 3 ways rock layers can be disturbed?
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17. Tilting, Folding, Faulting
Eleanor M. Savko
5/21/2019
Tilting, Folding, Faulting
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18. What is the definition of an unconformity?
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19. A gap in geologic time
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20. What are the 2 criteria for a fossil to be considered and Index Fossil?
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21. Existed only during a short period of time and occurred in large geographic areas
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22. Which type of dating gives the exact age of a rock or fossil?
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23. Radiometric Dating
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24. A Trilobite has turned into a fossil
A Trilobite has turned into a fossil. It has a half-life of 10,000 years and started with 1,000 parent atoms. Fill in the following chart.
Half Life
Parent Atoms
Daughter Atoms
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25. Half Life
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26. What is a half life?
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27. the time needed for one-half of the parent atoms to turn into daughter atoms
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28. How do scientists find the absolute age of a fossil or rock?
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29. By counting the number of parent and daughter atoms
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30. Use the graph to determine how old a fossil is if it has 30,000 parent atoms.
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31. 6
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32. Give an example of an event that would be an example of uniformitarianism
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33. Answers will vary
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34. How old do scientists think the Earth is?
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35. 4.6 billion years old
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36. Use the Geological Timeline to determine how long the dinosaurs were alive.
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37. 165 million years
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38. Piece the core samples together to create a full geologic column.
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40. Put the layers in order from youngest to oldest
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41. E, erosion, G, L, C, H, erosion, M, D, J, A, erosion, N, K, B, F, erosion
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42. Final Jeopardy
What is my favorite NFL team, and who is my favorite player on that team?