Index Fossils/ Law of Superposition
Authored by Emily Riefler
Science
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The _______________ of an Earth material is a measure of how old it actually is in years
Absolute Age
Relative Age
Order
Composition
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Carbon dating is only reliable for materials that are up to about __________ years old
10,000
75,000
100,000
750,000
3.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Relative age is the age of rocks and fossils (a) to the ages of other rocks and fossils
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The ______________________ states that each rock layer or strata is older than the one above it.
Law of Superposition
Law of Relative Age
Theory of Superposition
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Relative dating can be used only when the rock layers have been preserved in their _________________ sequence.
main
original
layered
superposition
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Beneath the surface, magma may push into bodies of rock. There, the magma cools and hardens into a mass of igneous rock called an _____________.
extrusion
intrusion
fault
unconformity
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An _________________ is a gap in the geologic record.
fault
unconformity
fossil
break
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
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