Geological Time and Fossil Vocabulary

Geological Time and Fossil Vocabulary

8th - 9th Grade

11 Qs

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Science

8th - 9th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-2

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.

Trace fossil

Fossil

Index Fossil

Petrified fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

forms when organisms or parts, like leaves, flowers, fish, are pressed between layers of soft mud or clay that hardens squeezing almost all the decaying organism away leaving the carbon imprint in the rock.

carbonized fossil

preserved fossil

cast fossil

mold fossil

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

forms when a mold is filled with sand or mud that hardens into the shape of the organism

mold fossil

index fossil

cast fossil

trace fossil

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age and over a wide region that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found.

mold fossil

fossil

Geological Time

Index fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

forms when sediments bury an organism and the sediments change into rock; the organism decays leaving a cavity in the shape of the organism.

mold fossil

carbonized fossil

trace fossil

fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

forms when minerals soak into the buried remains, replacing the remains, and changing them into rock.

Petrified fossil

Sedimentary rock

Carbonized fossil

Trace fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

forms when entire organisms or parts of organisms are prevented from decaying by being trapped in rock, ice, tar, or amber

Mold fossil

Cast fossil

Index fossil

Perserved fossil

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