Geology Quiz #1 (vocabulary)

1. What is a system of chronological measurement that relates stratigraphy (study of rock layers) to time?

• geologist
• geological time scale
• geology
• law of superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2. What is the study of the physical features and history of Earth?

• geologist
• geological time scale
• geology
• law of superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3. As layers accumulate over time, the rock at the bottom is older than the rock at the top, if left undisturbed. What is this called?

• geologist
• geological time scale
• geology
• law of superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4. What is it called when there are no surviving members of a species?

• strata
• earthquake
• extinction
• ice age

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

5. Comparing the age of one rock to another to estimate the age of rocks.

• relative dating
• strata
• ice age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6. The layers formed in rocks.

• geologist
• geology
• law of superposition
• relative dating
• strata

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

7. What is a person who studies the physical features and history of Earth called?

• geologist
• geological time scale
• geology
• ice age

8. Ice covering Earth for an extended period of time.

• earthquake
• extinction
• ice age

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

9. What happens when plates slide past each other in different directions and waves vibrate through Earth's surface.

• strata
• earthquake
• extinction
• ice age

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

10. What is a fracture in rocks caused by plates sliding past each other?

• fault
• volcano
• index fossil
• earthquake