Rock Correlation and Index Fossils
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
This is a surface where the rock has eroded away, producing a break, or gap, in the rock record.
unfonformity
inconsistancy
uniformity
correlation
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The fossils of organisms that were widely distributed but only lived during a short period of time are called
index fossils
trace fossils
petrified fossils
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 5 pts
The oldest rock layer in an undisturbed rock sequence occurs ____.
at the bottom of a sequence
below the sedimentary rock layer
at the top of a sequence
below the unconformity
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 5 pts
Index fossils help determine relative age through correlating rock layers.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 5 pts
A gap in the sequence of sedimentary rock layers caused by erosion.
Inclusion
Unconformity
Cross-cutting
Isotope
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 5 pts
Which rock layer contains the newest fossils?
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 5 pts
A gap in the sequence of sedimentary rock layers caused by erosion.
Inclusion
Unconformity
Cross-cutting
Isotope
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
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