Understanding the Rock and Fossil Record
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
According to scientists, the Earth is approximately this many years old.
4.6 billion
13.7 billion
7.0 billion
5.0 billion
3.4 million
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
He was a Scottish naturalist and farmer who came up with the Principle of Uniformitarianism. He is considered the person who developed the idea of geologic time and proposed that the Earth was much older than people thought at the time.
James Hutton
Nicolaus Steno
James Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Tesla
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
According to this Principle, geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that have occurred in the past.
Uniformitarianism
Superposition
Original Horizontality
Lateral Continuity
Cross-Cutting Relationships
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
This is the actual age of something.
absolute age
relative age
superposition
uniform
fossils
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
This is the age of rocks and geologic features as compared with other rocks and geologic features nearby.
relative age
absolute age
superposition
cross-cutting relationships
inclusions
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
This man developed a set of principles to compare the ages of rocks.
Nicolaus Steno
Nicolaus Copernicus
James Hutton
James Newton
Nicolaus Tesla
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
According to this Principle, in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are on the bottom.
Superposition
Original Horizontality
Lateral Continuity
Cross-cutting Relationships
Uniformitarianism
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
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