Index Fossils Quizziz
Authored by Stephen Batchelder
Science
8th Grade
NGSS covered
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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
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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