Geoscience Final Review

What is the currently accepted age of the Earth?

• 4.6 million years old

• 46.000

• 4.6 billion years old

• 460,000

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

____________________ the remains, imprints or traces of prehistoric organisms preserved in rock.

• sediment

• coal

• fossil

• limestone

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Would a worm not become a fossil?

• yes, because it would make in imprint in sediment

• yes, because it is a living organism

• No, because the soft body parts would decompose quickly

• No, because it is a living organism

The dating process that places geologic events in sequence of sedimentary rocks each layer is older than the one above it

• absolute dating

• carbon dating

• relative dating

• Potassium dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The law of ______________ states that the sequence of sedimentary rocks each layer is older than the one above it.

• cross-cutting

• inclusion

• superposition

• intrusive

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

An ___________ allows geologist to math rock of the same age in different regions on Earth.

• index fossil

• carbon film

• fossil

• imprint fossil

It takes 50% of the nuclei in a radioactive sample to decay to its stable isotope is called _____________.

• carbon dating

• relative dating

• half life

• potassium dating

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Which type of rock would you most likely find a fossil?

• sedimentary

• Granite

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the length of time that the geological time scale cover?

• 46,000 years

• 4.6 million years

• 4.6 billion years

• 4.600

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer of the earth has the most pressure and the highest temperature?

• crust

• inner core

• mantel

• outer core