Fossil Vocabulary Review

A historical sequence of life as indicated by fossils found in layers of the Earth's crust

• geology

• fossil record

• isotope

• relative dating

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The process of changing to adjust to new conditions

• adaptation

• paleontology

• strata

• law of superposition

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Layers of rock

• law of superposition

• isotope

• strata

• fossil record

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The process in which the inherited characteristics of a population change over time (over many generations)

• evolution

• paleontology

• relative dating

• ancestor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

New layers of rock form on top of old layers of rock

• paleontology

• strata

• geology

• law of superposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The study of fossils

• geology

• isotope

• paleontology

• evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The study of rocks and the Earth's crust

• geology

• isotope

• paleontology

• evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Determining the approximate age of a fossil based on where in the Earth's crust it is found

• absolute dating

• law of superposition

• relative dating

• adaptation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Determining the exact age of a fossil based on the isotopes it contains

• absolute dating

• law of superposition

• relative dating

• adaptation

An early or ancient relative

• isotope

• strata

• fossil record

• ancestor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2