Earth's History: Fossils

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Where can the oldest layer be found?

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The bottom layer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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How are fossils created?

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All of the above

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Which layer formed first? Options: Rock Layer W, Rock Layer X, Rock Layer Y, Rock Layer Z

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Rock Layer Z

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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Principle that Earth's processes occurring today are similar to those that occurred in the past

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uniformitariansim

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Cavity in a rock made when an organism decayed

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mold 

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Process that uses the properties of atoms in rocks and other objects to determine their ages

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absolute dating

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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Principle that states in a sequence of undisturbed rocks, the oldest rocks are on the bottom and the rocks become progressively younger toward the top

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superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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What is a requirement of index fossils?

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lived only for a short time but was found all over the world

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

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that water once covered the area

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Correctly sequence the layers of rocks from oldest to youngest: A, D, C, B, E

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B, E, C, D, A

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4