15.3| Geologic Time Reading and Review Questions

Instructions 

Complete the lecture Reading assignment sections 7.1 through 7.1.3, 7.4 through 7.4.2, and 7.4.5. As you read, take notes, especially when the content addresses the learning objectives. 

After completing the assigned reading videos, you should be ready to answer these questions.

Read each question and choose or compose the best answer choice. You have 3 attempts and no time limit. 

Learning Objectives

• • Students can relate tectonic stresses to plate boundaries, geologic structures, crustal deformation, and the building of mountains

• • Use the principles of relative dating to arrange the sequence of geologic events in geologic cross-sections 
  • Match major geologic/biologic events to the Periods and Eras of the Phanerozoic Eon in the Geologic Time Scale
  • Identify unconformities and geologic structures in photos, illustrations, cross-sections, and block diagrams  
  • Apply lithologic correlation