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What is the best reason that fossil #4 is NOT a good index fossil?

• It is not widespread

• it is not short-lived (in numerous layers)

• It is in half of the outcrops

Which fossil makes the best index fossil?

• ammonite

• brachiopod

• trilobite

• shark

• all four are good index fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

If you found an index fossil in a layer of rock in Montana and a similar fossil in a layer of rock in Texas, you would know that:

• the fossils and rock layers are the same age

• the fossils from Montana are older

• the fossils from England are older

• none of the above

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Which fossil would make the best index fossil?

• Trilobite

• Ammonite

• Coral

• Crinoid

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List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Conduct experiment

Form a hypothesis

Communicate results

Ask a question

Draw conclusions

Analyze results

Which letter represents amplitude? (a)  

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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.

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What are the relative ages of the features in order from oldest to youngest?

• Limestone, Basalt, Fault, Siltstone

• Siltstone, Fault, Basalt, Limestone

• Limestone, Fault, Basalt, Siltstone

• Limestone, Siltstone, Fault, Basalt

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?

• F

• E

• B

• A

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Which fossil makes the best index fossil?

• Fossil 1

• Fossil 2

• Fossil 3

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