Fossil Evidence of Evolution

Rocks or sediment layers that are used as a marker to correlate rock formations in different regions where layers are exposed are called

• key beds

• volcanic eruption

• meteorite strike

• volcanic marker

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is older, H or K & why?

• H, Principle of inclusions

• H, Principle of superposition

• K, Principle of inclusions

• K, Principle of superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Newer fossils are made from_____organisms than older fossils

• simpler

• more complex

• i dont know

• less complex

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

How do scientists find the relative age of a rock or fossil?

• By measuring what the rock is made of

• By breaking the rock to see inside.

• By comparing rocks in different layers

• By looking where the rock came from

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A ________ is the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism.

• cast

• trace fossil

• mold

• carbonization

Change over time is ________.

• Evolution

• Biological Evolution

• Extinction

• Mass Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

In ________, only the carbon outline, or film, of the organism is left behind.

• mineralization

• molds

• carbonization

• casts

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

____________ is the change over time in populations of related organisms.

• Evolution

• Biological Evolution

• Extinction

• Mass Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A ______ is a fossil copy of an organism in a rock.

• mold

• trace fossil

• cast

• carbonization

The _________ is made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth.

• geologic time scale

• fossil formation

• fossil record

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1