Geologic Time Quiz (1st Hour)

Relative Dating dates rocks __________
Absolute Dating dates rocks __________

• exact age; sequence
• sequence; exact age
• exact age; parent isotopes
• Laws; Isotopes

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Scientists use radioactive decay to measure...

• relative time
• absolute time
• half-lives
• time of day

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay is its...

• era
• age
• half-life
• eon

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The original element that undergoes radioactive decay is known as the...

• daughter element
• half-life
• parent element
• carbon-14

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

what's the half life of this substance?

• 1 day
• 5 days
• 3 days
• 9 days

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

If the half-life of a radioactive group of atoms is 100 years, then how old is the rock if the parent decays to 25%?

• 25 years
• 200 years
• 400 years
• 800 years

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CCSS.HSF.LE.A.4

States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed

• Law of crosscutting
• Law of superposition
• Relative Dating
• Unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Analyze the seashell found in the white layer.  Which statement is true of the rock layer that contains this fossil?

• It could also contain a fossil from the bottom layer.
• It is older than the layers below it.
• It is younger than the layers above it.
• It is older than the layers above it.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What are the relative ages of the features in order from oldest to youngest?

• Limestone, Basalt, Fault, Siltstone
• Siltstone, Fault, Basalt, Limestone
• Limestone, Fault, Basalt, Siltstone
• Limestone, Siltstone, Fault, Basalt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How do scientists use fossils to determine the relative ages of rock layers?

• by comparing all the fossils in one rock layer
• by comparing fossils in many different rock layers
• by determining the positions of fossils in many different rock layers
• by locating other areas of the world where the same fossils are found