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Geologic Time/Fossils

Geologic Time/Fossils

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Science

6th - 9th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS1-4, MS-LS1-5

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Standards-aligned

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Jennifer LaSanta

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11 Slides • 11 Questions

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Geologic Time

What can we learn from the past?

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Multiple Choice

The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?

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Old Geologists

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The known history of rocks and fossils.

3

Sweet geology music

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A list of every living thing ever

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Multiple Choice

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What are fossils?

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Is the change over time in populations of related organisms.

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Are the remains or evidence of once living organisms.

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A chart that divides Earth history into different time units.

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Occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies.

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Multiple Choice

The principle that Earth's processes occurring today are similar to those that did in the past.

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Principle of Superposition

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Uniformitarianism

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Natural Selection

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Multiple Choice

What is a fossil record?

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The change over time in populations of related organisms.

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Occurs when the last individuals species dies.

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Is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth.

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Remains or evidence of a once living organism.

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Multiple Choice

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Look at the picture... What is circled?

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A Mold

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A Cast

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Multiple Choice

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What is a MOLD?

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The IMPRESSION of an organism

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A fossil COPY of an organism in a rock.

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The preserved evidence of the ACTIVITY of an organism.

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Multiple Choice

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What is a TRACE?

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The IMPRESSION of an organism

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A fossil COPY of an organism in a rock.

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The preserved evidence of the ACTIVITY of an organism.

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Multiple Choice

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A bug stuck in amber is an example of what type of fossil?

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Cast

2

Trace

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Mold

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Preserved Remains

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Multiple Choice

Scientists study the width of tree rings to learn about past climate conditions.

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True

2

False

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Poll

Trace fossils give information about animal activity and movement.

True

False

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Multiple Choice

Sedimentary rocks provide information about Earth geologic history.

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True

2

False

Geologic Time

What can we learn from the past?

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