Rock and Fossil Record Chapter Review for Retake

Global climate change led to the extinction of this group

• dinosaurs

• humans

• mammals

• reptiles

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Compares one rock layer versus others

• relative dating

• absolute dating

• radiometric dating

• radioactive dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

An undisturbed sequence of rocks tells us what?

• younger rocks are on the top

• older rocks are on the bottom

• older rocks are on the top

• younger rocks are on the bottom

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How does the geologic column help geologists?

• helps them identify rock layers

• helps them identify what animals ate

• helps them identify what the time period was like

• helps them identify different species

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Where are most fossils preserved?

• sedimentary rock

• amber

• tar

• ice

Why is the fossil record incomplete

• The fossil record is complete

• Fossils have decayed

• Most organisms never become fossils

• Fossils have been moved from their original location

The idea that geologic processes are the same as those in the past.

• catastrophism

• superposition

• uniformitarianism

• extinction

The idea that geologic change happens suddenly

• uniformitarianism

• catastrophism

• superposition

• extinction

Which of the following does not describe uniformitarianism

• erosion

• gradual

• sudden

• the same over time

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The study of past life

• paleontology

• geology

• archaeology

• rockology

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