Module 3 Review

Extinction is when the last individual of a species dies.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The further back in time two species diverged, the less similar they are.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Scientists can date most fossils directly.

• True

• False

_____ are remains of life from an earlier time.

• Sedimentary rocks

• Fossils

• Variations

• Limestones

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

In an undisturbed rock formation, the rocks on the bottom are the oldest.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What term do scientists use to describe what happened at each of the marked points on the graph?

• extinction event

• radiocarbon dating

• mass extinction

• rock layers

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

What type of dating scale is shown on the LEFT side of the figure?

• relative age dating

• absolute age dating

• radiocarbon dating

• speed dating

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What type of dating scale is shown on the RIGHT side of the figure?

• relative age dating

• absolute age dating

• thermoluminescent dating

• speed dating

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A _______________ fossil is formed when sediments harden around the buried remains of an organism.

• cast

• trace

• mold

• impression

Footprints formed in mud that later turned to rock are called _______________ fossils.

• trace

• body

• cast

• mold