Earth's History Test Review

A (An) ______________________is a break in the geologic record that is made when rock layers are eroded or when sediment is not deposited for a long time.

• unconformity
• fossil

• relative dating

• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A ________________ is the remains of a once-living organism found in layers of rock, ice, or amber.

• fossil
• relative dating

• unconformity

• climate

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________________is the weather conditions over a long period of time.

• Unconformity

• Climate
• Fossils

• Relative Dating

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_________________ dating determines whether an object or event is older or younger than other objects or events.

• Climate

• Relative
• Fossils

• Unconformity

Trace fossils always form in soft sediment. Which of these choices describes two kinds of trace fossils?

• tracks and burrows
• shells and bones
• bee and beetle amber
• petrified and mummified fossils

Which claim describes the law of superposition?

• A sedimentary rock layer in its original position is older than the layers above it.

• Igneous rock is older than nearby sedimentary rock, which is older than nearby metamorphic rock.
• The exact age of a sedimentary rock layer can be found using the layers above and below it, even if the layers are not in their original form.
• Metamorphic rock is older than nearby sedimentary rock because sedimentary rock is deposited before metamorphic rock forms.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The university of Florida has a large collection of ice cores taken from Antarctic. What can scientists learn by studying these ice cores?

• how continents have moved
• history of Earth's climate
• how new species evolved
• changes that have taken place on Earth's surface

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

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A trace fossil includes no physical remains of the organism's body, but only a mark or structure that the organism left behind. Which of these choices is NOT an example of a trace fossil?

• burrow in the sea floor
• footprint in sediment
• coprolite in sediment
• insect in amber

Weather is not the same as climate. What is the main difference between these two concepts?

• The main difference is how both are measured
• Only weather includes information about the temperature
• The main difference is the length of time over which both are measured
• Only climate includes information about the precipitation

Ava visited the Grand Canyon. She was very impressed to find out that many of Earth's oldest fossils have been found there by paleontologists. What type of rock would you most likely find in the Grand Canyon?

• petrified
• sedimentary

• igneous
• metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4