Relative Dating Lesson (Exit Ticket)

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

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers
• Near the bottom of the rock layers
• In the middle of the rock layers
• Somewhat near the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following is the oldest?

• Layer L
• Intrusion D
• Intrusion H
• Layer E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is the oldest ?

• A
• E
• D
• F

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What do paleontologists study?

• space
• fossils
• atmosphere
• weather

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

How old is the Earth?

• 6,400 year old
• 1 million years old
• 4.6 billion years old
• 65 million years old

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

_{What can scientists learn from the sequence of rock layers?}

• Geologic history of that area
• Future geological events
• the number of organisms that live in the area
• the impact that hikers have had on an area.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Fossil A is in the middle of the Earth. Fossil B is slightly below that. Fossil B is___ than fossil A.

• younger
• older

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Place the layers in order from oldest to youngest.

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

• 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

• 1, 2, 3, 7, 4, 5, 6

• 1, 2, 4, 3, 7, 5, 6

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Place the layers in order from oldest to youngest.

• E, B, C, D, A

• A, B, C, D, E

• E, D, C, B, A

• B, D, E, C, A

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4