Relative Dating and Absolute Dating

Relative Dating and Absolute Dating

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Relative Dating and Absolute Dating

Relative Dating and Absolute Dating

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, HS-PS1-8, MS-ESS2-3

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

According to the law of __________, in horizontal sedimentary rock layers the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top. 

Superposition

Index Fossil

Alfred Wegener

Geologic Records

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The age of a rock compared to the ages of other rocks is the rock's

absolute age

geologic age

sedimentary age

relative age

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Scientists use radiometric dating (radioactive decay) to measure...

relative time (dating)

absolute time (dating)

half-lives

time of day

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

A

B

C

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Analyze the seashell found in the white layer.  Which statement is true of the rock layer that contains this fossil?

It could also contain a fossil from the bottom layer.

It is older than the layers below it.

It is younger than the layers above it.

It is older than the layers above it.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do geologists use relative dating?

Placing rocks in order from youngest to oldest

Placing rocks in order by minerals they contain

Classifying rocks by different textures

Classifying rocks by different isotopes

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Relative dating of rock layers tells us that the deeper we dig, _______.

the younger the rocks get

the smellier the rocks get

the harder the rocks get

the older the rocks get

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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