Index Fossils Quizziz

Index Fossils Quizziz

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Index Fossils Quizziz

Index Fossils Quizziz

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

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

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Stephen Batchelder

Used 33+ times

FREE Resource

20 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

_____________ is the sequencing of events based on the order in which they occurred.

Relative Dating

Absolute Dating

Geologic Time

Fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

_____________ is determining the exact age, in years, of a rock or fossil through radiometric dating.

Relative Dating

Absolute Dating

Geologic Time

Fossils

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

A __________is the amount of time it takes for a parent isotope to decay to half of its original value

Law of Original Horizontality.

Daughter Isotope

Parent Isotope

Half life

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Carbon-14 is a radioactive isotope that decays into Nitrogen-14. Carbon-14 is a _______________.

Law of Original Horizontality.

Daughter Isotope

Parent Isotope

Half life

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Carbon-14 is a radioactive isotope that decays into Nitrogen-14. Nitrogen-14 is a _______________.

Law of Original Horizontality.

Daughter Isotope

Parent Isotope

Half life

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

_____________ states that when sediments are deposited initially in horizontal sedimentary rock layers. Any change to the shape of those layers happens after the layers formed.

Principle of Original Horizontality.

Daughter Isotope

Parent Isotope

Half life

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Examine the image here. Hint: Use the slides to get a better view. Which organism appeared first?

Gastropod

Trilobite

Crinoid

Coral

Ammonite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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