Geologic Time and Fossils

What is the law of superposition?

• older than the layer above and younger than the layer below

• younger than the layer above and older than the layer below

• layers are all the same age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the relative age of a rock?

• less than the age of the fossils

• the age is based on carbon-14

• determining if a rock is older or younger than another rock

If the same types of fossils are found in two separate rock layers, it's likely than the two rock layers __.

• formed at different times.

• formed at the same time.

• formed under different conditions.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which is older, A or B?

• A

• B

• They are the same age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

List layers E, D and C in order from OLDEST to YOUNGEST.

• E, D, C

• E, C, D

• C, E, D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What animals are living the Cenozoic Era?

• humans

• reptiles

• marine mammals

• all of the above

The Precambrian Time began with what?

• The rise of the dinosaurs

• The formation of Earth

• Appearance of humans

What two eras of Earth's history ended with major extinctions due to a catastrophic event?

• Paleozoic and Mesozoic

• Cenozoic and Paleozoic

• Mesozoic and Precambrian

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Based on the diagram, which is the Mesozoic Era?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Based on the diagram, which is the longest of the four divisions?

• Cenozoic

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4