Dating Geologic Time

According to the fossil record, which fossil is the oldest?

• fossil 5
• fossil 2
• fossil 3
• fossil 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

According to this fossil record. What type of environment was there first?

• land
• lava
• ocean
• forest

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which fossil is the youngest?

• fossil 1
• fossil 2
• fossil 3
• fossil 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following correctly lists the layers in order from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E
• E, B, C, D, A
• E, D, C, B, A
• C, B, A, D, E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Fossils are usually found in 

• igneous rock
• extrusions
• intrusions
• sedimentary rock

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is absolute dating?

• Puts an organism in order of age
• Labels an organism with the exact age it lived.
• It is uranium.
• It is an index fossil.

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

One half life is the time it takes for all radioactive isotopes to decay into stable isotopes.

• True 
• False

The Earth is estimated to be how old?

• 4.6 Million years old
• 6,000 years old
• 4.6 Billion years old
• Who knows

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Carbon-14 is used to date fossils that came from

• nuclear reactions
• Living organisms
• nuclear waste
• carbon