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Rock Layers (Geological Time)

Rock Layers (Geological Time)

Assessment

Presentation

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Holley Basham

Used 12+ times

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1 Slide • 20 Questions

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Rock Layers

Geological Time

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Multiple Choice

Arrangement of events used as a measure of the relative or absolute age of any part of geologic time.

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Geological Time Scale

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Deposition

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Relative Dating

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Weathering

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Multiple Choice

Rock that forms when sediment from erosion is compressed together.

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Deposition

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Sedimentary Rock

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Multiple Choice

When small pieces of rock (sediment) are moved around by wind and/or water.

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Weathering

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Erosion

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Sedimentary Rock

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Multiple Choice

When sediment stops moving and collects in a new area.

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Relative Dating

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Deposition

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Weathering

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Multiple Choice

When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.

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Weathering

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Erosion

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Deposition

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Multiple Choice

When molten rock from inside Earth moves through cracks in the rock layers. This molten rock will sometimes reach and break through the surface.

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Fossil

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Geological Time Scale

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Intrusion

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Multiple Choice

The age of something based on its placement.

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Plate tectonics

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Relative Dating

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Fossil

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Multiple Choice

The exact age of something.

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Geological Time Scale

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Relative Dating

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Absolute Dating

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Multiple Choice

Evidence of past life that have been preserved in rocks.

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Erotion

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Plate Tectonics

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Fossil

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Multiple Choice

The movement of Earth’s plates that can cause rock layers to move.

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Intrusion

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Plate Tectonics

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Relative Dating

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Rock Layers

Geological Time

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