Geological Age
Authored by Allison Dopler - HUE Faculty
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Using the location and depth of where a fossil is found to estimate age is called
radioactive dating
the law of superposition
index fossils
the geologic time
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What process uses rock layers and index fossils to determine an object's estimated age?
Radioactive dating
Law of superposition
Relative dating
Geologic time
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What describes using organisms that were only alive during a specific time period to estimate the unknown age of items?
Radioactive dating
Law of superposition
Relative dating
Index fossils
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What process uses atomic particles of carbon and uranium to determine exact age?
Radioactive dating
Law of superposition
Relative dating
Geologic time
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Radioactive dating involves determining which of the following?
Half-life decay
Index fossils
Depth of layers
Geologic time
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What process uses analysis of the decay of atomic particles to determine exact age?
Radioactive dating
Law of superposition
Relative dating
Geologic time
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The table below shows the fossils of organisms found in various layers of an undisturbed rock:
Which statement about the organisms whose fossils are found in the rock is correct?
Organism W existed much before Organism Y.
Organism Y existed over the longest period of time.
Organism Y and Organism U were alive over the same time span.
Organism W existed over a shorter period of time than did Organism X.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
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