Vocabulary List #8

What is age, in years, of a rock or other object; can be determined using properties of the atoms that make up the object?

• Absolute Age

• Eon

• Epoch

• Era

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What is the largest division of geologic time?

• Absolute Age

• Eon

• Period

• Era

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is a period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics?

• Absolute Age

• Eon

• Epoch

• Era

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is a long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic?

• Trilobite

• Eon

• Epoch

• Era

What typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals?

• Absolute Age

• Extinction

• Index Fossils

• Era

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What chronological collection of life's remains in sedimentary rock layers?

• Absolute Age

• Extinction

• Index Fossils

• Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What are remains of a species that existed on Earth for a relatively short period of time, were abundant and geographically widespread, and can be used by geologists to assign ages to rock layers?

• Law of Superposition

• Extinction

• Index Fossils

• Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What states that in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are on the bottom and become progressively younger towards the top?

• Law of Superposition

• Extinction

• Index Fossils

• Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the basic unit of the geologic time scale?

• Law of Superposition

• Period

• Index Fossils

• Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the process used to calculate the absolute age of rock by measuring the ratio of parent isotope to daughter product in a mineral and knowing the half-life of the parent?

• Law of Superposition

• Period

• Radioactive Dating

• Fossil Record