Earth History Test Review
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Absolute Dating
Method of measuring the age of an event or object using radioactive elements. Gives an exact date.
Method to determine if an event or object is older or younger by comparing the rock layers.
Principle that States that are above the rocks if the younger layers of oldest rocks have not been disturbed
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Relative Dating
Method to determine if an event or object is older or younger by comparing the rock layers.
Method of measuring the age of an event or object using radioactive elements. Gives an exact date.
Principle that States that are above the rocks if the younger layers of oldest rocks have not been disturbed
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Law of Superposition
Principle that States that are above the rocks if the younger layers of oldest rocks have not been disturbed
Method to determine if an event or object is older or younger by comparing the rock layers.
Method of measuring the age of an event or object using radioactive elements. Gives an exact date.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Half Life
The time required for half of a sample of a radioactive substance to undergo radioactive decay
Principle that States that are above the rocks if the younger layers of oldest rocks have not been disturbed
Method to determine if an event or object is older or younger by comparing the rock layers.
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fossil
The remains or evidence of a physical body preserved by geological processes.
A fossil who only lived short time but was widely distributed. Ex. Trilobites
The time required for half of a sample of a radioactive substance to undergo radioactive decay
Method to determine if an event or object is older or younger by comparing the rock layers.
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NGSS.MS-LS4-2
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Index Fossil
A fossil who only lived short time but was widely distributed. Ex. Trilobites
The remains or evidence of a physical body preserved by geological processes.
middle life (245-144 million years ago); rise of mammals and dinosaurs; the rise of birds; extinction of dinosaurs, rise of flowering plants
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In what type of rock would a geologist MOST likely find evidence of ancient life?
sedimentary
igneous
metamorphic
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
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