Fossils and Radioactive Dating 4.2

Fossils and Radioactive Dating 4.2

8th Grade

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Fossils and Radioactive Dating 4.2

Fossils and Radioactive Dating 4.2

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is a fossil?

Foot prints, burrows, or other impressions made by animals that give use clues to how they lived.
When things die and their remains are buried.
The preserved remains of an organism.
The age determined by the things around it.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What are trace fossils?

Foot prints, burrows, or other impressions made by animals that give use clues to how they lived.
When things die and their remains are buried.
The preserved remains of an organism.
The age determined by the things around it.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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How do fossils form?

Foot prints, burrows, or other impressions made by animals that give use clues to how they lived.
When things die and their remains are buried.
The preserved remains of an organism.
The age determined by the things around it.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is 'half-life'?

The age determined by the things around it.
The age of an igneous rock.
The age determined by radioactive dating.
The time it takes for 1/2 of the radioactive atoms to decay in an element.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is radio active decay?

The preserved remains of an organism.
Atoms in an unstable element break down to form another element.
When things die and their remains are buried.
The time it takes for 1/2 of the radioactive atoms to decay in an element.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What is the relative age of a rock?

The age determined by the things around it.
The age of an igneous rock.
The age determined by radioactive dating.
The time it takes for 1/2 of the radioactive atoms to decay in an element.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the absolute age of a rock?

The age determined by the things around it.
The age of an igneous rock.
The age determined by radioactive dating.
The time it takes for 1/2 of the radioactive atoms to decay in an element.

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