History of life Vocabulary

What is the name given to a species that has died out?

• coevolution

• gradualism

• extinct

• exist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the name given to a scientist that studies fossils?

• Paleontologist

• Oncologist

• Herpetologist

• Period

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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What is the method of determining the age of a fossil by comparing its placement with that of fossils in other rock layers?

• index fossil

• relative dating

• carbon dating

• radiometric dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What are fossils used to establish and compare the relative ages of rock layers and the fossils they contain?

• Carbon fossils

• Relative fossils

• Idea fossils

• Index fossils

What uses the proportion of radioactive to stable isotopes to calculate the age of a sample?

• Relative dating

• Radiometric dating

• Online dating

• Established dating

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What is the time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay?

• Index life

• Partial life

• Half life

• My life

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What is a timeline used to represent Earth's history?

• Geographic time scale

• Geoligic time scale

• Geologic time scale

• Periods

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is a major division of geologic time that is usually divided into two or more periods?

• Eon

• Era

• Epoch

• Error

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is a division of geologic time into which eras are subdivided?

• Eon

• Era

• Eron

• Period

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What are the geologic processes, such as continental drift, volcanoes, and earth quakes, resulting from plate movement?

• Plate tectonics

• Place mates

• Pangea

• Plate motion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3