Geo Hx Review

Earth's history is broken down into different categories that discuss the timing and relationship to events--what is it called

• geological time period
• earth's timeline
• geological era
• geological time scale

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Antartica has a cold and icy climate; geologist found fossils with plants in them. What kind of climate did Antatica used to have?

• Warmer climate
• Mild climate
• Temperate climate
• Tropical climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

To kn ow what was life on Earth billions and millions of years ago, scientists study what?

• DNA samples and ancient artifacts
• Weather patterns and climate data
• Astronomical observations and space exploration
• Fossils and geological records

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

If you find a rock layer that contains seashells and trilobites, you can infer there used to be an _____there?

• sea or ocean
• forest
• mountain
• desert

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The oldest rock layer is at the bottom and the newest rock layer is at the top; what is this called?

• Law of Inversion
• Law of Superposition
• Law of Reversal
• Law of Subtraction

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What spreads rapidly and widely over an area that would for a new rock layer?

• air

• water

• lava

• volcanic ash

A geologist was mining on n a mountain; while he found shark teeth. What can you infer about this area

• its always been a mountain

• it was covered by snow

• it used to be an ocean

• A river used to run through it

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

These type of fossils were used to help create the geological time scale to determine dates of layers.

• Index fossils
• Radiometric dating
• Dinosaur bones
• Fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4