Absolute/Relative/Radioactive dating of Rocks

Which of these rock layers is relatively the newest? (a)  

• Kaibab formation
• Zoraster Granite
• Redwall limestone
• Unkar group

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which fossil is relatively the oldest?

• Trilobite
• Ammonite
• Crinoid
• Gastropod

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Traces or remains of organisms that lived long ago

• Fossil
• Unconformity
• Superposition
• Column

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is true about relative dating?

• Relative dating uses the half-life of isotopes to get the exact age of a rock

• Carbon-14 dating is used on rocks that are relatively young

• Potassium-Argon dating is used on very old rocks.

• The law of superpostion is used to determine a rocks relative age.

Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.

• the younger the rocks get
• the smellier the rocks get
• the harder the rocks get
• the older the rocks get

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How does sedimentary rock usually form?

• Vertically
• Diagonally
• Folding
• Horizontally

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following does the law of superposition tell scientists?

• Absolute age
• Relative age
• Exact age
• All of the answer choices

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What can be used to determine the relative ages of rock layers?

• Living animals
• Living plants
• Minerals
• Fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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

Sudden movement of rock masses is called.

• faulting

• cracking

• folding