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Fossil Vocabulary Review

Authored by Kathleen Casey

Science

6th - 8th Grade

NGSS covered

Used 15+ times

Fossil Vocabulary Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process of changing to adjust to new conditions

adaptation

paleontology

strata

law of superposition

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Layers of rock

law of superposition

isotope

strata

fossil record

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

paleontology

strata

geology

law of superposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The study of fossils

geology

isotope

paleontology

evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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