Ages of Rocks Review

People who study fossils are called ____.

• meteorologists

• histologists

• paleontologists

• beautificans

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What are the preserved remains or traces of once living organisms from the past called?

• amber

• fossils

• species

• extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Scientist are comparing a rock layers to layers around it to determine the age of the rock. Which kind of rock age are they calculating with this technique?

• relative age

• absolute age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What do scientists call a living species that can no longer can be found on our planet?

• mutation

• Amber Alert

• amber

• extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Absolute age is determined by...

• the other rocks around it
• the law of superposition
• radiometric dating

The preserved remains of an organism from long ago is called a ___________

• stratum

• clast

• fossil

• relative age

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The __________of rocks is the numerical age and real age of rocks.

• relative age

• half-life

• absolute age

• earth age

Earth elements decay and change into another element in a process called_____________.

• radiation

• isotope

• radioactive decay

• half-life

Geologist use _________ to determine the absolute age of rocks.

• absolute age dating

• relative age dating

• radiation dating

• radioactive dating

States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed

• Law of crosscutting
• Law of superposition
• Relative Dating
• Unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4