Rock Layers Geologic Time

The geologic time scale represents Earth's ________ year history.

• 2.5 million

• 9 million

• 1 billion

• 4.6 billion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Scientists use ______ to help figure out geologic time.

• earthquakes

• plate tectonics

• rock layers

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A ________ is a scientist that studies the composition of the Earth, including rock layers.

• biologist

• paleontologist

• chemist

• geologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

________ are evidence of past life.

• Intrusions

• Fossils

• Meteorites

• Cells

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Scientists use ______ dating to figure out the exact age of something.

• relative

• chemical

• absolute

• rock

Rock made from sediment compacted by the weight of sediment layers above are called __________ rock.

• intrusion

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Dinosaurs lived in the ___________ era.

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Cenozoic

• Neozoic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Paleontologists study ______.

• fossils

• earthquakes

• plate tectonics

• glaciers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces is called _________.

• fossils

• weathering

• erosion

• intrusion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_________ are scientists that study the composition of Earth, including rock layers at the surface:

• Geologists

• Biologists

• Chemists

• Physicists

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3