Geologic Time

Geologic Time

6th - 8th Grade

15 Qs

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Geologic Time

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Assessment

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Science

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, HS-PS1-8, MS-ESS2-3

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What process uses rock layers and index fossils to determine an object's estimated age?

Radioactive dating

Law of superposition

relative dating

geologic time

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Using the location and depth of where a fossil is found to estimate age is called

radioactive dating

the law of superposition

index fossils

the geologic time

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What describes using organisms that were only alive during a specific time period to estimate the unknown age of items?

Radioactive dating

Law of superposition

Relative dating

Index Fossils

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What process uses analysis of the decay of atomic particles to determine exact age?

radioactive dating

Law of superposition

Relative dating

geologic time

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Radioactive dating involves determining which of the following?

Half-life decay

Index fossils

Depth of layers

Geologic time

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What process uses atomic particles of carbon and uranium to determine exact age?

Radioactive dating

Law of superposition

Relative dating

Geologic time

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The table below shows the age of fossils found in four separate layers of an undisturbed rock:

Layer A

Layer B

Layer C

Layer D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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