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Index Fossils

Authored by Leslee Siefert

Science

8th Grade

NGSS covered

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Index Fossils
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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To be considered an index fossil, it had to have lived for a relatively short period of time.

True
False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which rock layer most likely contains fossils of the most recently evolved organisms?

1
2
3
4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Index fossils help determine relative age through correlating rock layers.

True
False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Does the picture represent relative or absolute dating?

relative
absolute

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the best reason that fossil #4 is NOT a good index fossil?

It is not widespread

it is not short-lived (in numerous layers)

It is in half of the outcrops

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Index fossils CAN tell us the age of a rock layer.

True
False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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