Relative and Absolute Dating

Relative and Absolute Dating

7th Grade

25 Qs

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Relative and Absolute Dating

Relative and Absolute Dating

Assessment

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Science

7th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, HS-PS1-8, MS-LS4-1

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Analyze the seashell found in the white layer. Which statement is true of the rock layer that contains this fossil?

It could also contain a fossil from the bottom layer.

It is older than the layers below it.

It is younger than the layers above it.

It is older than the layers above it.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?

F

B

E

A

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

F

B

E

A

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the correct order of the rock layers from oldest to youngest?

B, C, D, E, A

E, D, C, B, A

A, B, C, D, E

B, C, D, A, E

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Length of time for half the atoms of an isotope to decay

Isotope

Half-Life

Radiometric Dating

Absolute Dating

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Unstable atoms that decay (change) and are considered radioactive

Isotope

Half-Life

Absolute Dating

Radiometric Dating

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Scientists use radiometric dating (radioactive decay) to measure...

relative time (dating)

absolute time (dating)

half-lives

time of day

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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