Fossils and Geological Time Quiz

Which of the following are body fossils?

• footprints

• coprolites

• burrows

• bones

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following can be used to identify a specific period of time?

• body fossil

• trace fossil

• index fossil

• amber

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A fault or intrusion that is younger than the rocks that it cuts through is called a(n)

• crosscut

• uplift

• inversion

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The giant asteroid impact that extinguished the dinosaurs was first discovered

• from widespread key bed that contained the element iridium.

• when scientists located the giant crater.

• when large chunks of the asteroid were discovered in Mexico.

• none of these.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is uniformitarianism?

• Earth is no longer changing

• the processes that act on Earth today, acted on Earth in the past

• Earth is constantly changing but the causes of the change today are different than in the past.

• the process that formed Earth as it is now are no longer in effect today

Two rock layers that are far apart but have the same index fossil

• are about the same age.

• formed in the same environment.

• are unrelated.

• none of these.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

To learn about the changes in climate near a glacier, scientists study

• crevasses

• ice cores

• varves

• argon gas

Which era do we live in?

• Holocene

• Cenozic

• Quaternary

• Phanerozoic

After seven half lives

• an isotope pair is no longer useful.

• there is very little parent isotope left.

• there is very little measurable daughter isotope.

• at least 13 more half lives can pass before the pair can't be used.

How can you determine how long a giant Sequoia has been alive?

• measure the trunk

• count the total number tree rings

• radiocarbon dating

• determine the age of the outermost tree ring