Formative #5 review

The picture shows different index fossils and the time periods in which they existed. Use it to answer the question.

What period is the fossil, shark, from?

• Mississippian

• Jurassic

• Cretaceous

• Ordovician

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The picture shows different index fossils and the time periods in which they existed. Use it to answer the question.

What period is the fossil, blastoid, from?

• Mississippian

• Jurassic

• Triassic

• Ordovician

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Would mountain building cause the layers in the geologic column to be out of order?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Would a tectonic plate subduction cause the layers in the geologic column to be out of order?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Using the image of the different geologic features, answer the question.

Which is the earliest (oldest)?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Using the image of the different geologic features, answer the question.

Which is the most recent (youngest)?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Using the image of the different geologic features, answer the question.

Which occurred first, A or D?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

If one rock contains pieces of another rock, the rock containing the pieces is younger than the pieces.

• cross-cutting

• inclusions

• lateral continuity

• original horizontality

• superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Sediments are deposited in large, continuous sheets in all lateral directions.

• cross-cutting

• inclusions

• lateral continuity

• original horizontality

• superposition

Most rock-forming materials are deposited in horizontal layers.

• cross-cutting

• inclusions

• lateral continuity

• original horizontality

• superposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4