Geological History

According the the ESRT for Geologic History of New York State, during what geologic period was the New York State index fossil Elliptocephala alive?

• Paleozoic

• Cambrian

• Permian

• Devonian

• Silurian

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

In what time period did

earliest birds appear on Earth?

• Triassic

• Jurassic

• Cretaceous

• Cenozoic

In what time period did

Pangea begin to break up?

• Triassic

• Jurassic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

what is the name of this fossil?

• Ctenocrinus

• Cooksonia

• Lichenaria

• Elliptocephala

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

According the the ESRT for Geologic History of New York State, during what geologic era was this index fossil alive?

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

• Late Proterozoic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following index fossils were alive at the same time as the fossil shown above?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history.

• anatomy

• relative age

• evolution

• geological time scale

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The __________ shows a historical sequence of life documented by scientists and shows that organisms have changed over time.

• Origins of Species

• fossil record

• embryo

• Continental Drift

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Index fossils

• are found in rock layers

• are widely distributed

• represent an organism that existed for a geologically short period of time

• all of above

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The age of a rock given as the exact number of years since the rock formed

• law of superposition

• absolute age

• relative age

• evolution