ES Hmwk; Geologic History

You are searching for fossils in the surface bedrock in Elmira, NY. Why are you unlikely to find dinosaur fossils at this location?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

During which time was the majority of the exposed bedrock in NYS deposited?

• Precambrian

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

• Paleozoic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Rocks containing fossils of the earliest land plants could most likely be found in NYS bedrock near

• Syracuse

• Oswego

• Ithaca

• Old Forge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Approximately how long ago were the Taconic Mountains uplifted?

• 540 million years ago

• 470 million years ago

• 310 million years ago

• 120 million years ago

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

According to the Geologic History of NYS in the ESRT, what is the estimated age of the Earth as a planet in millions of years?

• 540

• 4000

• 4600

• 5000

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

The geologic time scale has been subdivided into a number of time units largely on the basis of

• fossil evidence

• rock thickness

• rock types

• radioactive dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which line is the best representation of the relative duration of each of the geologic time intervals?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which is the most recently formed rock?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

An unconformity is located between

• A and B

• B and C

• C and D

• F and G

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The conclusion that the limestone layer D is younger than the basalt layer E is supported by evidence of

• faulting

• contact metamorphism

• igneous intrusion

• fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4