Grade 10 - History of Life

The calculation of the age of an object by measuring the proportions of the radioactive isotopes of certain elements is 

• relative dating
• radiometric dating
• uranium dating
• isometric dating

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

A radioisotope's _________________ is the time it takes for one half of the mass of the radioisotope to change into another substance.

• half-twist
• day-life
• half-life
• change over

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What is a scientist that studies fossils?

• Paleontologist

• Fossiologist

• Dinologist

• Physicist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which word describes a species that has died out over time?

• extinct

• extruded

• extracted

• exstanked

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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

This is used to represent evolutionary time

• fossil record

• index fossil

• geologic time scale

• half-life

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which is the longest amount of time?

• era

• period

• second

• decade

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

True or False: Evidence from the fossil record shows that species change gradually over time.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Eras are subdivided into these

• era

• period

• second

• decade

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4