Fossil Dating and Rock Layers

Using the relative dating technique of comparing the pattern of fossils in the different rock layers, we could order the rock layers from oldest to youngest.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

• Most of the rocks are layered on top of one another.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The oldest fossil is located in the top rock layer and the youngest fossil is at the bottom.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

• The fossils were early forms of animals alive today.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The types of fossils found in a specific rock layer and the change in those fossils over time can provide information about the ecosystem or environment in which the fossil organisms lived.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Fossils in the same layer lived on Earth at the different times.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

ALL organisms change over time and look different later.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Some organisms appear in the younger rock layers but were not present before.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

• Deeper rock layers are younger than shallower layers.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

• Fossils can be arranged at random by comparing which rock layers they are found in.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1