7) Which of the following sequences of geologic periods is NOT correct? A) Preca

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7) Which of the following sequences of geologic periods is NOT correct? A) Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic B) Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary, Quaternary C) Pennsylvanian, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous D) Cambrian, Ordovician, Devonian, Silurian, Mississippian E) Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic 8) Which of the following principles is NOT used to determine relative ages of rocks? A) cross-cutting relations B) faunal succession C) superposition D) original horizontality E) none of the above ? 9) Paleoclimatic evidence of continental drift includes deposits of A) gypsum. B) desert sandstone. C) rock salt D) glacial deposits. E) all of the above 10) Movement of continents thousands of kilometers is supported by A) structural geology. B) paleoclimatology C) paleontology D) paleomagnetism. E) all of the above 11) Which of the following statements conceming patterms of magnetic reversals on the sea floor is NOT correct? A) The succession of linear patterns going in either direction out from the crest of the oceanic ridge is similar to that in a dated series of basalts on the continents, starting with the present and going back in time. B) They trend perpendicular to the transform faults. C) The linear trend of the major patterns cuts across the oceanic ridges. D) The patterns are parallel to the oceanic ridges of the oceanic ridges. 12) The plate tectonics theory resulted largely from new data recently obtained from A) ancient climate. B) the structure of mountains C) the ocean floor. D) the direction of ice movement in late Paleozoic glaciers. E) fossils.

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7.(D) Cambrian,Ordovician,Devonian,Silurian,Mississippian

The correct order is Cambrian,Ordovician,Silurian,Devonian,Mississippian

8.(E) None of the above

All the options given are used for relative dating of strata and rocks.

9. (E) All the above

These evidences of coninet drift includes the deposits of coal, sandstone , rock salt ,glacial deposits,gypsum.

10. (E) All the above

Movement of continents thousands of kilometers is supported by structural geology, paleoclimatology, paleontology, paleomagnetism.

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