Geologic history of earth review

Scientists study rock strata and the __________________ to help determine the geologic history of the Earth.

• fossil record

• relative record

• absolute record

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earth has a 4.6-_______________-year history.

• million

• billion

• thousand

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The oldest fossils are found in the ________________ layer of the fossil record.

• top

• middle

• bottom

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Analyses provide only __________________ dates, not an absolute scale.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The mineralized remains of organisms and the rock layers in which they are found

• rock strata

• fossil record

• stratography

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The study of rock layers

• rock strata

• fossil record

• stratography

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The sedimentary layers of rock in Earth

• rock strata

• fossil record

• stratography

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The preserved remains or trace of an organism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The measurement to describe the timing and relationship of the events that have occurred throughout Earth’s history

• absolute scale

• geologic time scale

• relative dates

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4