
Fossils and Geologic Time Vocabulary Quiz B
Authored by Kelley Mohr
Science
8th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The chronological collection of life's remains in sedimentary rock layers.
history of life
fossil imprint
rock journal
fossil record
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Uses radioactive decay to determine an exact age of rock or fossil.
absolute dating
speed dating
blind dating
relative dating
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Also called radiometric dating.
relative dating
speed dating
absolute dating
blind dating
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
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