LS4.A Evidence of Common Ancestry & Diversity - Level 3

What is the type of rock that is made of layers of hardened sediment?

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Volcanic Rock

What is the order in which events happen in time called?

• Chronological Order

• Alphabetical Order

• Numerical Order

• Random Order

What is the term for all available information about past life and the order in which they lived?

• Fossil Record

• Rock Record

• Geologic Time Scale

• Evolutionary History

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which technique is used to determine the actual age of a fossil based on the amount of a radioactive element it contains?

• Relative Dating

• Carbon Dating

• Radioactive Dating

• Fossil Dating

What is the process of becoming a fossil called?

• Fossilization

• Mineralization

• Preservation

• Decomposition

What is the simplest explanation for anatomical similarities between closely related organisms?

• Convergent Evolution

• Adaptive Radiation

• Common Ancestry

• Natural Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the term for conclusions made based on observed data?

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Inference

• Experiment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is the process of change over time called?

• Adaptation

• Mutation

• Evolution

• Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the study of body structure called?

• Genetics

• Embryology

• Anatomy

• Physiology

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What is a record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history called?

• Fossil Record

• Rock Record

• Geologic Time Scale

• Evolutionary History

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1