Chpt 6 Grade 8

Question 1

T or F birds are most likely to be fossils

Answer 1

True

Question 2

T or F to uncomformities question

Answer 2

T

Question 3

T or F earth alone has fertile soil bc of living things

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What is preserved evidence of organisms

Answer 4

Fossils

Question 5

What is a large mass of igneous rock pushed together

Answer 5

Intrusion

Question 6

What’s the cross section of soil and bedrock

Answer 6

Soil profile

Question 7

What is the order of rocks

Answer 7

Geologic column

Question 8

What’s a break of record / time in rocks

Answer 8

Uncomformity

Question 9

Say order of bedrock, o horizon, c horizon, b horizon, a horizon
Match it with description of - topsoil, loose organize debree, subsoil, partially weathered bedrock

Answer 9

1- o horizon - loose organic debree
2- a horizon - topsoil
3- b horizon - subsoil
4 - c horizon - partially weathered rock

Question 10

Why are soils in tropical regions not fertile

Answer 10

Too much water durians out nutrients carrying away the topsoil

Question 11

What does the law of superposition state

Answer 11

Rock is older than the rock above it and younger than the rock below it

Question 12

MC law of superposition question

Answer 12

D

Question 13

Mainf eson for something question MC

Answer 13

Climate

Question 14

mc not means of producing fossils ?

Answer 14

Laying on topsoil in sun

Question 15

3 tools geologists use to determine age of earth

Answer 15

Carbon 14, varves, tree rings, soil profile

Question 16

What’s the soil composition of soil where you live? Thick or thin? What’d an you do to keep it fertile

Answer 16

It’s very thick and fertile topsoil, and give it proper rotations and plant plenty of plants and try to torrent erosion

Question 17

To or F soil horizon next to bedrock is broke into tiny grains bc of layer above it

Answer 17

False bc of erosion overtime