Fossils

Front

Which group has been in existence the longest according to the fossil record?

Back

Group D

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

When did a major extinction event most likely occur?
Options: at the end of the Cenozoic, at the end of the Permian, at the beginning of the Silurian, at the beginning of the Cambrian

Back

at the end of the Permian

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

In which stage of the rock cycle would you predict the formation of fossils? (Options: Stage L, Stage M, Stage N, Stage P)

Back

Stage N

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

Which layer of rock is most likely the youngest? Options: the layer containing trilobites, the layer containing fishes, the layer containing amphibians, the layer containing dinosaurs.

Back

the layer containing dinosaurs

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Front

What is the most reasonable conclusion when fossils of trilobites and crinoids are found in the same rock layers?

Back

Crinoids and trilobites lived at the same time.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Front

Which rock layer most likely contains fossils of the most recently evolved organisms?

Back

1

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

In the diagram shown above, which rock layer is probably the oldest?

Back

Layer 6

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Front

Which rock layer indicates a dry, hot climate at one time in geologic history? Options: Layer A, Layer B, Layer C, Layer D

Back

Layer A

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Front

What is the best evidence that one of these rock layers was formed under an ocean? Options: the thickness of the layer, the type of fossils in the layer, the number of caves in the layer, the height above sea level of the layer.

Back

the type of fossils in the layer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

Which conclusion correctly describes the youngest rock layer in the diagram?

Back

Layer Z is the youngest because it was once molten rock that moved through all three layers of sedimentary rock.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4