The Rock Record
Authored by Charles Martinez
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When scientists are trying to compare things to see which geological artifacts are older or younger rather than find the actual age of something, this is called ____________.
Relative aging
Geologica aging
approximate aging
absolute aging
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Scientific study of rock layers
Archeology
Stratigraphy
Paleontology
Geology
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What scientific law tells us that in rock strata, the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at top?
Cross-cutting
Original Horizontality
Superposition
Unconformities
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fossils such as footprints, burrows or droppings.
Index Fossils
Unconformities
Petrified Wood
Trace fossils
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A gap in the sequence of sedimentary rock layers caused by erosion.
Inclusion
Unconformity
Cross-cutting
Isotope
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fossils made from organisms that were fairly common and existed only during a certain span of time, used to determine the age of rock layers.
Index Fossils
Unconformities
Inclusions
Trace Fossils
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What scientific law tells us that if one rock layer contains pieces or fragments of another rock layer, then the fragments will be older than the rock layer that surrounds it.
Cross-cutting
Original Horizontality
Unconformities
Inclusions
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