
Fossils and Geologic Time Scale
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fossils are ______ remains of ancient organisms.
preserved
old
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Catastrophism is the idea that quick,_____ events change the Earth.
ocean
violent
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Examples of a trace fossil are tracks, nests, and __________.
footprint
mold
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Uniformitarianism is the principle that states geological events ( earthquakes,volcanoes ) have occurred in the ____ and will occur in the present and future.
past
core
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a rock layer, the oldest rocks are at the ____________.
bottom
top
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A fault in a rock layer is younger than the layers it ______ through.
sets
cuts.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Index fossils are found in _______ layers.
rock
soil
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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