Quiz - The History of Life
Authored by Jacob Christner
Biology
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a scientist that studies fossils?
Paleontologist
Fossiologist
Dinologist
Physicist
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What provides evidence about the history of life on Earth, and shows how organisms change through time?
fossil record
index fossil
geologic time scale
half-life
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word describes a species that has died out over time?
extinct
extruded
extracted
exstanked
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When a fossil is compared to the age of other fossils in the same layer, this is use of
fossil record
relative dating
geologic time scale
radioactive dating
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When scientists use radioactive isotopes to estimate the age of a fossil, this is use of
fossil record
relative dating
geologic time scale
radioactive dating
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An easily recognized species that lived a short while in a wide range of places is perfect for a(an)
fossil record
index fossil
geologic time scale
half-life
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The amount of time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms in an isotope to decay is known as
fossil record
index fossil
geologic time scale
half-life
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
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