Geology Vocabulary Quiz

relative age

• age of an object compared to other objects

• age of an object in estimated years

• age of an object determined using math

• age of an object and all related objects

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

radioactive decay

• breaking down of a stable isotope into a radioactive isotope

• breaking down of a radioactive isotope into a stable isotope

• protons breaking down over time

• electrons breaking down over time

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

isotope

• element with a different number of protons than usual

• element with a different number of electrons than usual

• element with a different number of neutrons than usual

• a radioactive element

half-life

• time for half a radioactive isotope to decay

• half the time for a radioactive isotope to decay

• time for half the protons to leave a radioactive element

• time for half of an element to decay

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

radiometric dating

• using rate of decay to estimate age

• time when decay began

• time when radioactivity began

• time when half life ends

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

geologic time scale

• record of earth's past

• history of earth broken into smaller divisions

• relative age of fossils

• age of dirt and rocks in a particular area

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

fossil

• remains of a once living organism

• bones, teeth, and hard parts of a once living organism

• evidence that a once living organism was in an area

• preserved remains or evidence of a once living organism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

fossilization

• minerals replaced living substances creating stone

• studying fossils to discover earth's history

• soft parts of an organism being preserved via mineralization

• when living tissue is replaced with hard dirt

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

index fossil

• short lived, widely spread preserved organisms

• fossils particular to a given location

• fossils particular to a given climate

• fossils particular to a given sediment type

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

stratigraphy

• study of the layers of rocks

• study of the age of fossils

• study of the process of fossilization

• study of trace fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3