Fossils

Fossils

6th - 9th Grade

17 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS1-4, HS-PS1-8

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Patti Van Kirk

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17 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Produced when sediments fill in a cavity made when an object decayed 
cast
mold
original remains

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Cavity in a rock made when an organism decayed
cast
mold 
original remains

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Principle that Earth's processes occurring today are similar to those that occurred in the past 
unconformities 
uniformitariansim 
superposition 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Process that uses the properties of atoms in rocks and other objects to determine their ages 
relative dating
radioactive decay 
absolute dating

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Principle that states in a sequence of undisturbed rocks, the oldest rocks are on the bottom and the rocks become progressively younger toward the top 
superposition 
uniformitarianism
half-life

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Gaps in rock records made when agents of erosion remove existing rock layers 
fossils
unconformities
permineralized remains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Method by which a geologist can calculate the absolute age of the rock by knowing the half-life of an isotope 
radiometric dating
relative dating
absolute dating

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

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