Earth's history

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Fossil remains of a trilobite are most likely to be found in which type of rock? Options: igneous, volcanic, sedimentary, metamorphic

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sedimentary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What role do faults play in the Law of Superposition?

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Faults are younger than the layers they cut through.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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Many fossils of large amphibians were found in an area that is currently barren desert. Which is most likely true?

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The climate of the area was once much wetter than it is now.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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

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Near the bottom of the rock layers

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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Which type of dating method can be used on rock layers by applying the Law of Superposition? Options: relative dating, absolute dating, radioactive dating, radiometric dating

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relative dating

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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The idea states the same processes that occurred in the past operate in the same way as they do in the present.

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Uniformitarianism

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Fossils can tell us all of the following information about an organism except: How the animals might have traveled, What kinds of food the organism eats, What type of environment the organism may have lived in, The organism's life expectancy (or how long the organism will live)

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The organism's life expectancy (or how long the organism will live)

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Several different fossils were found in rock layers in a geologic column. Above these rock layers, the fossils were almost nonexistent. What most likely explains these observations?

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A period of mass extinction occurred.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Generalization about the relative age of a fossil in a sedimentary rock bed.

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The fossil was formed around the same time as the rock that contains it.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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What is the time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms in an element to decay?

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half life

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8