History of Earth Test Prep

What can you learn from studying fossils?

• How earthquakes have formed
• How mountain ranges have changed
• How earth was formed
• How environments have changed throughout history

^{Which rock layer is the youngest?}

• A
• B
• C
• D

What type of rock are fossils usually found in?

• volcanic
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• igneous

A fossil of a fish was found in a layer of rock that is located near the top of a mountain.  What might a scientist conclude about the history of this area?

• An earthquake once struck the area
• A volcano once erupted in the area.
• A forest covered the area.
• A sea once covered the area.

Fossils found in the lowest rock layer (bottom layer) are the youngest

• True
• False

Which of the following questions could be answered by a scientist studying the Earth's layers?

• Which organism lived at the same time?

• What did Trilobites eat?

• Are reptiles ancestors of birds?

• Why did dinosaurs become extinct?

What is the Earth's surface called?

• inner core

• outer core

• crust

• mantle

Fossils can tell us

• what color dinosaurs were.

• how the earth has changed over time.

• how dinosaurs became extinct.

• what sounds a dinosaur made.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which rapid process happens when the ground shakes because of a sudden release of built-up energy causing a shift of rock along a fracture?

• Earthquake

• Volcanic Eruption

• Landshide

• Weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which boundary creates mountains and volcanoes?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• plate tectonics