What part of an organism is most likely to become a fossil?

• heart

• bones

• skin

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed

• Law of crosscutting
• Law of superposition
• Relative Dating
• Unconformity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How does the law of crosscutting explain the age of a fault?

• The fault is younger than the rocks above it.
• The fault is younger than the rocks it cuts through.
• The fault is older than the rocks above it.
• The fault is older than the rocks it cuts through.

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NGSS.4-ESS1-1

What are the relative ages of the features in order from oldest to youngest?

• Limestone, Basalt, Fault, Siltstone
• Siltstone, Fault, Basalt, Limestone
• Limestone, Fault, Basalt, Siltstone
• Limestone, Siltstone, Fault, Basalt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following is the oldest?

• Layer L
• Intrusion D
• Intrusion H
• Layer E

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the last event to happen?

• Deposition of Breccia

• Igneous Intrusion

• Faulting

• Deposition of Limestone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following correctly lists the layers in order from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E
• E, B, C, D, A
• E, D, C, B, A
• C, B, A, D, E

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is OLDER? Fault E or Intrusion D?

• Fault E

• Intrusion D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Used to determine whether an object is older or younger than other objects

• Superposition
• Relative Dating
• Fossil
• Unconformity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Traces or remains of organisms that lived long ago

• Fossil
• Unconformity
• Superposition
• Column

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2