Study Guide Review

A scientist finds the bones of a dinosaur. What could help the scientist determine the approximate age of the dinosaur bones?

• the birds living in the area of the bones

• the weather conditions in the area of the bones

• the kinds of trees living in the area of the bones

• the index fossils in the area of the bones

In what type of rock would a geologist MOST LIKELY find evidence of ancient life?

• sedimentary

• foliated

• metamorphic

• igneous

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which would be MOST effective in determining the age of fossils embedded in rock?

• relative dating

• absolute dating

• use of index fossils

• use of core sampling

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The Law of Superposition states:

• Oldest is on the top layer, youngest is on the bottom

• Oldest in the middle layers, youngest is on the bottom

• Oldest is on the bottom layer, youngest is on the top

• All of the rock layers are the same age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What type of fossil can be described as sand or mud hardened in the shape of an organism?

• Mold

• Cast

• Petrified

• Perserved

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What type of fossil can be described as when mud or sand harden to stone, leaving a footprint, trail or burrow of an organism left behind?

• Cast

• Mold

• Trace

• Carbonized

Scientists who study fossils are

• fossilologist

• paleontologist

• reptologist

• dinosaurologist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed

• Law of crosscutting
• Law of superposition
• Relative Dating
• Unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the correct order of the rock layers from oldest to youngest?

• B, C, D, E, A
• A, B, C, D, E
• E, D, C, B, A
• B, C, D, A, E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

_{Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?}

• F
• E
• B
• A

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4