Fossils and Geologic Time Vocabulary Quiz B

The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.

• fossil

• paleontologist

• extinct

• copies

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A way to compare the age of one object or event to another.

• absolute dating

• speed dating

• relative dating

• blind dating

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The chronological collection of life's remains in sedimentary rock layers.

• history of life

• fossil imprint

• rock journal

• fossil record

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Uses radioactive decay to determine an exact age of rock or fossil.

• absolute dating

• speed dating

• blind dating

• relative dating

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Also called radiometric dating.

• relative dating

• speed dating

• absolute dating

• blind dating

An event during which many species become extinct, or die out completely, in a relatively short period of time.

• mass extinction

• mass death

• fossilization extinction

• the great dying

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The top rock layer and its fossils is the youngest and the bottom layer with its fossils is the oldest. This is an example of relative age dating.

• Rock Layer Theory

• Law of Superposition

• Chronological Record

• Law of Rock of Ages

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history.

• Life History Record (LHR)

• Rock Layer Record (RLR)

• Rock of Ages (ROA)

• Geologic Time Scale (GTS)

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Also called stratigraphy.

• relative age dating

• absolute age dating

• rock of ages dating

• radiometric dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

True or False? Fossils are made up of organisms that are currently living.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2