History of Life Review

Species change over time

• Evolution
• Adaptation
• Extinction
• Make-over

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Scientists that use fossils to learn about/understand the history of life on Earth.

• Egyptologist
• Phrenologist
• Paleontologist
• Archeologist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Name of the large landmass where all the continents were once connected.

• Eurasia
• Pangaea
• Antarctica
• Narnia

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The solid remains or imprints of once living organisms.

• Imprints
• Fossils
• Molds
• Rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Estimating the age of a rock or fossil by looking at its position in the rock layers.

• Speed Dating
• Relative Dating
• Absolute Dating
• Radioactive Dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Many species die out at once.

• Extinction
• Evolution
• Natural Death
• Mass Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The historical order of life that can be observed from the fossils we have collected.

• Fossilization
• Fossil Record
• Geological Calendar
• Fossil History

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The calendar that scientists use to outline the history of the Earth.

• Geological Calendar
• Scientific Time
• Fossil Record
• Geologic Time Scale

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The time that it takes for half of a sample of an unstable element to decay.

• Reaction Rate
• Lifetime
• Half-Life
• Extinction Rate

When one species dies out completely.

• Extinct
• Half-life
• Death rate
• Species loss

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1