Unit 4: Lesson 1 Quiz

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Naddyah Chong
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
1. Which definition describes absolute dating?
A. finding the age of an object compared with other objects
B. the method of measuring the actual age of something in years
C. determining the amount of a radioactive isotope in an object
D. determining the age of a rock layer by studying the fossils present
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
2. Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of plants and animals that have lived on Earth throughout Earth’s history. How does the fossil record of animals compare with animals that exist today?
A. Animals in the fossil record are the same as animals that exist today.
B. Animals in the fossil record are ancestors of animals that exist today.
C. Animals in the fossil record have no similarities to animals that exist today.
D. Animals in the fossil record are more complex than animals that exist today.
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
3. What is the approximate age of Earth?
A. 4,600 years
B. 46,000 years
C. 4.6 million years
D. 4.6 billion years
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
4. Amy has one older brother and one younger sister. She wants to explain relative dating to them using their ages as an example. Which statement describes their ages using relative dating?
A. Their ages are 14, 12, and 9.
B. They are all about the same age.
C. The girls have different ages from the boy.
D. Amy is younger than her brother but older than her sister.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
5. Which method of finding the relative age of rocks do scientists often use?
A. A sedimentary rock layer in its original position is older than the layers above it and younger than the layers below it.
B. Igneous rock is older than nearby sedimentary rock, which is older than nearby metamorphic rock.
C. Metamorphic rock is older than nearby sedimentary rock because sedimentary rock is deposited before metamorphic rock forms.
D. The exact age of a sedimentary rock layer can be found using the positions of the layers.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 3 pts
6. Using evidence from the images, choose all the correct answers that apply to the fossils.
A. It was an ocean reptile.
B. It was a plant from a tropical forest.
C. It was a dinosaur that ate only plants.
D. It was once in an ocean environment.
E. It was a dinosaur that ate other animals.
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 2 pts
7. The diagram shows rock layers that are cut by a fault and two bodies of rock (Rock 1: Igneous intrusion and Rock 2: Another type of rock).
What are the relative ages of the features in order of oldest to youngest?
A. Fault, Rock 1, Rock 2, Layer 1
B. Fault, Rock 2, Layer 1, Rock 1
C. Layer 1, Rock 2, Rock 1, Fault
D. Rock 2, Layer 1, Rock 1, Fault
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
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