Geologic Timeline/Fossils

Earthquakes are caused by what geologic process?

• Volcanoes

• Heating of the Earth's core

• Gravity

• Fault line

The type of rock necessary for preserving fossils is...

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• All of the above

Dating that is exact and uses numbers

• Exact Dating

• Tinder Dating

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

Dating by comparing rock layers and analyzing the fossils within them

• Exact Dating

• Tinder Dating

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?

• 2015 years old
• 3.6 billion years old
• 4.6 billion years old
• 4.6 million years old

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following places the geologic time eras in order from oldest to most recent?

• Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

• Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Paleozoic,

• Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic

• Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Mesozoic

The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

• The absolute age of rock layers
• The age of fossils
• The relative age of rock layers
• the super powers of rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Letter "F" is a....

• inclusion
• intrusion
• fault
• unconformity 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Scientist who studies fossils

• Botonist

• Geologist

• Paleontologist

• Seismologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

According to the law of superposition, which statement is true?

• The fossil found at the bottom is newer than the one on the top

• The fossil found at the top is newer than the one at the bottom

• All fossils are always the same age

• You cant trust the law of superposition