Fossils & the Geological Time Scale

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6th Grade
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Nicole Potthast
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Check the 3 statements that are TRUE about fossils.
preserved remains of hard structures of plants and animals
found in metamorphic rock layers
can be as small as bacteria and as large as a dinosaur
occur when the plant or animal is buried quickly
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Law of Superposition means that the older the rock layer, the deeper it is.
TRUE
FALSE
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
These type of fossils are important because they mark boundaries in geological time and help determine the age of rocks.
index fossils
important fossils
boundary fossils
fossils
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
RELATIVE age is the _____ age of fossils.
approximate
actual
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
ABSOLUTE age is the _____ age of fossils.
actual
approximate
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What contains the chronological order broken into time chunks of all of Earth's geological history based on rock strata and the fossil record
Geological Time Scale
Earth's Date Book
Fossil Record
Geography Time Scale
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the correct order, from oldest to newest, of the eras on the Geological Time Scale?
Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian
Precambrian, Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
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