Fossils

The dinosaurs are this - when a species no longer exists!

• extinct

• diversity

• common ancestry

• fossil record

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

the mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured

• fossil record

• extinct

• sedimentary layers

• fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

layers of rock that are successively deposited on top of one another and are distinguishable from one another based on their mineral contents

• fossil record

• common ancestry

• sedimentary layers

• chronological order

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

the arrangement of things in the order that they occurred

• sedimentary layers

• fossil record

• fossil

• chronological order

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

the quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc.

• diversity

• fossil

• common ancestry

• extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

when organisms are descended from a single ancestor

• fossil

• fossil record

• common ancestry

• diversity

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

the mineralized remains of organisms AND the rock layers in which they are found, showing when and where long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured

• fossil

• fossil record

• chronological order

• Earth's history

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the approximate age of Earth?

• 500,000 years

• 10 million years

• 62 billion years

• 4.6 billion years

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

True or False - There is great diversity in fossils!

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

True or False - In sedimentary layers, the oldest rocks and fossils are at the bottom and the youngest rocks and fossils are at the top!

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4