
Fossils and Geologic Time
Authored by John Robinson
Social Studies
8th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Of the 5 mass extinctions that scientists believe have occurred, which event was the largest?
Ordovician-Silurian
Late Devonian
Permian-Triassic
Triassic-Jurassic
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What chart is used to place all of the geologic events and life forms in chronological order?
Geologic Time Scale
Depth Chart
Bathymetric Chart
Family Tree
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which type of rock is most likely to contain fossils?
intrusive igneous rocks
sedimentary rocks
metamorphic rocks
extrusive igneous rocks
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
These fossils allow geologists to match rocks of the same age in different regions because they were widespread and only around for a short period of time.
index fossil
trace fossil
cryofossil
varve
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What rock layer is the oldest ?
a
b
c
d
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
According to this chart, the half-life of Carbon-14 is _______ years.
0 years
5,700 years
11,400 years
17,100 years
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