Topic 6 Lesson 1

_______________ is movement of charge by direct contact between objects

• conduction

• friction

• induction

• polarization

mineralized remains or evidence of plants and animals that lived long ago

• fault

• fossil

• strata

• sediments

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other trace of an animal rather than of the animal itself

• body fossil

• sediments

• trace fossil

• sequence

small pieces of rock, soil, and other materials

• fossil

• core sample

• fault

• sediments

The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay is its...

• era

• age

• half-life

• eon

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers

• Near the bottom of the rock layers

• In the middle of the rock layers

• Somewhat near the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following correctly lists the layers in order from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E

• E, B, C, D, A

• E, D, C, B, A

• C, B, A, D, E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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

In what type of rock do we typically find fossils?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Minerals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How does absolute age differ from relative age?

• only absolute dating indicates which rock is older than another

• only absolute dating finds the age in years

• only relative dating finds the age in years

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4