Geo-History Retest

What might you conclude if a fish fossil was found on top of a mountain in Kentucky?

• An Earthquake happened there.
• A Volcano erupted there.
• A forest covered that area for a while.
• A Sea once covered the area.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A rock formed with 500 atoms of a radioactive parent element, but only contains 125 radioactive parent atoms today.  If the half-life is 1000 years, how old is the rock?

• 2000 years
• 500 years
• 250 years
• 125 years

Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.

• the younger the rocks get
• the smellier the rocks get
• the harder the rocks get
• the older the rocks get

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

• The absolute age of rock layers
• The age of fossils
• The relative age of rock layers
• the super powers of rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What type of rock do fossils form in?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Classic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The ______________ era covers almost 90% of earth's history.

• Paleozoic 
• Mesozoic 
• Cenozoic
• Precambrian 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which is the most recent era of time- the one that we are currently in?

• Mesozoic 
• Paleozoic 
• Cenozoic 
• Precambrian 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Trilobites are found in the _____________.

• Cenozoic
• Mesozoic
• Paleozoic
• Cretaceous

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When an igneous intrusion is found in a layer, what do we know about its age?

• The intrusion is younger than the rock.
• The intrusion is older than the rock
• The intrusion is the same age as the rock.
• The intrusion was made by ailens.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which set of characteristics produces a good index fossil?

• narrow time frame, wide geographic region

• wide time frame, narrow geographic region

• narrow time frame, narrow geographic region

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4