Earth History

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which best describes a fossil that helps determine the relative age of a rock layer?
trace fossil
index fossil
radioactive fossil
unconformity fossil
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which layer of rock is most likely the youngest?
A
D
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is stratigraphy?
the study of the fossilized remains of plants and animals
the study of the layers of rock
the study of how the continents have moved and are still moving
the study of how carbon is stored in Earth's permafrost
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Younger rocks lie above older rocks, if layers are left undisturbed.
Uniformitarianism
Catastrophism
Law of Crosscutting
Law of Superposition
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Fossilized teeth from an extinct shark were found embedded in a rock layer at the base of a mountain, several hundred kilometers (km) from the nearest ocean. Which of the following statements best explains why the rock layer cannot be igneous rock?
The melting process would have destroyed the fossil.
Weathering and erosion would have broken up the fossil.
The rock was found at an inland location away from heat and pressure.
Repeated volcanic eruptions would have buried the fossil too deeply to be found.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Used to determine whether an object is older or younger than other objects
Superposition
Relative Dating
Fossil
Unconformity
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Imprints of the shells of ocean clams are often found in the rocks of the Appalachian Mountains. What is most likely indicated by these imprint fossils?
Mountain river clams evolved from ocean clams.
Ocean clams evolved from mountain river clams.
These mountains once had a more rainy climate.
These mountains were once under the ocean.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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