Relative Age of Rock Review

Fossils are found in ____________________________ rock

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Granite

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The preserved remains of an organism from long ago is called a ___________

• stratum

• clast

• fossil

• relative age

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The series of processes that change rocks from one form into another is called ___________

• Fossil Record

• Stratum

• Clast

• Rock Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The theory that undisturbed layers of rock have the oldest layers on the bottom and the youngest on the top is called ______

• fossil record

• rock cycle

• law of superposition

• stratum

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

An estimation of a age made by comparing position of two objects is called:

• rock cycle

• fossil record

• relative age

• clast record

A rock that forms from melted material, such as from volcanic activity is called:

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Fossil

The idea that Earth processes that are at work today were at work in the past is called:

• fossil record

• rock cycle

• rock formation

• uniformitarianism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Fossil #1 is found 700ft under ground and fossil #2 is found 300ft under ground, which is newer?

• Fossil #1

• Fossil #2

• Neither fossil is newer

• Both Fossils are the same age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A rock that is formed underneath the Earth by heat and pressure is called:

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• fossil

A rock that is formed by erosion and weathering is called:

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2