Earth History

The process where scientists guess an approximated age of a fossil or rock by comparing them to other fossils and rocks

• Uniformitarianism

• Absolute Age

• Relative Age

• Geography

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All are considered Era's of the geological time scale except

• Jurassic

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Precambrian

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The longest span of geological time is an

• Era

• Period

• Eon

• Epoch

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Is a subdivision of a Era

• Period

• Eon

• Epoch

• Mesozoic

Scientists who study fossils

• Hydrologists

• Geographers

• Paleontologist

• Psychologists

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

All of the following are examples of Preserved Remains except

• Tar

• Rubber

• Ice

• Amber

An imprint of a figure is known as what type of fossil

• Mold

• Cast

• Preserved Remain

• Petrified Fossil

Law that states that anything cutting across a rock layer is younger than the rock layer that it is in

• Law of Horizontality

• Law of Superposition

• Law of Cross Cutting

• Law of Inclusion

Law that states that sedimentary layers still remain horizontal even when affected by tectonic forces

• Law of Cross Cutting

• Law of Superposition

• Law of Inclusions

• Law of Horizontality

Law that states that rocks on the bottom are always the oldest and rocks on top are the youngest

• Law of Inclusions

• Law of Horizontality

• Law of Cross Cutting

• Law of Superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4