Earth Science: Ch. 13 - Clues to Earth's Past

Fossils are easy to form

• True

• False

Relative age dating can tell you the exact age of a rock

• True

• False

Radioactive decay gives off heat

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The Earth processes (erosion, glaciers, deposition, etc.) occurring today are similar to those which occurred in the past

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The Earth is billions of years old

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Carbon-14 is useful for dating extremely ancient rocks

• True

• False

The remains, imprints, or traces of prehistoric organisms are known as ______________.

• Carbon

• Relative age dating

• Fossils

• Traces

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The process of reading undisturbed rock layers in which the oldest rocks are found in the bottom layer is known as the principle of _____________________.

• Superposition

• Unconformities

• Disconformities

• Nonconformities

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The time it takes for half the atoms in an isotope to decay is known as a ____________________.

• Radiometric dating

• Relative age dating

• Half-life

• Isotope

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Which of the following is NOT a requirement or ideal circumstance for something to turn into a fossil/a fossil to form?

• Buried quickly

• Be a reptile

• Have hard parts

• Can't be allowed to decay