Fossil Test Practice

What is a fossil?

• A living organism

• A rock formation

• The remains or traces of a past life form

• A mineral that has been preserved in ice

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What are three types of fossils?

• Trace fossils, casts, and molds

• Bones, shells and teeth

• Plants, animals, and minerals

• Fossil fuels, fossil water, and fossil air

Which increases the likelihood that a dead organism will be fossilized?

• Fast decay of bones

• presence of few hard body parts

• Quick burial after death

• vast amounts of skin

Which fossil types helps geologists infer that rock layers in different geographic locations are similar in age?

• carbon film

• index fossil

• preserved remains

• Trace fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

In any disturbed sequence of strata (layers of rock), the oldest layer is at the bottom. Which principle is this?

• Principle of inclusions

• principle of superposition

• principle of cross-cutting relationships

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Any feature that cuts across rock is younger than the rock it cuts across. Which principle is this?

• Principle of inclusions

• Principle of superposition

• principle of cross-cutting relationships

If one rock is included inside another rock layer, the rock that is included must be older than the rock it is found in. Which principle is this?

• Principle of inclusions

• principle of superposition

• principle of cross-cutting relationships

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The relative age of something is ____________.

• Its age in relation to Earth

• its age in comparison to other things

• its age since it was discovered

• its age since it died

This is the breaking down of rocks on Earth's surface from wind, water, and other means.

• erosion

• weathering

• diffusion

• windfall

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This occurs when materials such as rocks are worn away by wind and water and transported to a new location.

• erosion

• weathering

• diffusion

• rock layer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2