ES.8.4 Geologic Time Review

Determining age by putting fossils in order of when they lived on Earth.

• Absolute Dating

• Law of Cross Cutting

• Law of Superposition

• Relative Dating

• Uniformitarianism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Determining age by using radioactive isotopes to find a more exact date.

• Law of Superposition

• Absolute Dating

• Relative Dating

• Uniformitarianism

• Law of Crosscutting

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in our present-day scientific observation have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe.

• Law of Superposition

• Law of Crosscutting

• Absolute Dating

• Relative Dating

• Uniformitarianism

The law that states the oldest rocks are on the bottom and the youngest rocks are on top.

• Law of Superposition

• Law of Crosscutting

• Absolute Dating

• Relative Dating

• Uniformitarianism

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Where younger layers cross cut older layers

• Law of Superposition

• Law of Crosscutting

• Absolute Dating

• Relative Dating

• Uniformitarianism

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

• A
• B
• C

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following orders the rock layers accurately from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
• B, F, G, C, D, H, A, E
• B, G, C, D, E, H, A, F
• F, A, H, E, D, C, G, B

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which fossil is relatively the oldest?

• Trilobite
• Ammonite
• Crinoid
• Gastropod

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers
• Near the bottom of the rock layers
• In the middle of the rock layers
• Somewhat near the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following offers a possible list of the layers in order from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E

• E, C, B, D, A

• E, D, C, B, A

• C, B, A, D, E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4