Rocks, Fossils etc.

Rocks, Fossils etc.

8th Grade

22 Qs

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Rocks, Fossils etc.

Rocks, Fossils etc.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To be considered a ________________ fossil an organism must have lived only during a short part of Earth's history; many fossils of the organism must be found in a rock layer; the fossil must be found over a wide area of Earth; the organism must be unique.

carbon film
index
trace

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

___________ forms when sediments bury an organism and the sediments change into rock; the organism decays leaving a cavity in the shape of the organism.

Index Fossil
Trace Fossil
Mold & Cast
Preserved Fossil

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The mass extinction that ended the era caused the dinosaurs to become extinct. What is the name of this era?

Precambrian Era
Cenozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Paleozoic Era

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Carbon-14 is involved in which type of dating?

Absolute
Relative 
Igneous
Metamorphic

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Humans are part of the most recent period of this era. What is the era?

Precambrian Era
Cenozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Paleozoic Era

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The relative age of rocks and fossils can be determined using two basic methods _______  and __________. 

ordering rock layers, index fossils
carbon 14 dating, ice cores
igneous fossils, metamorphic fossils

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

_________ states that each rock layer is older than the one above it. 

Law of Gravity
Law of Superposition
Absolute Dating
Law of Energy

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