Quiz - The History of Life

What is a scientist that studies fossils?

• Paleontologist

• Fossiologist

• Dinologist

• Physicist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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What provides evidence about the history of life on Earth, and shows how organisms change through time?

• fossil record

• index fossil

• geologic time scale

• half-life

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which word describes a species that has died out over time?

• extinct

• extruded

• extracted

• exstanked

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When a fossil is compared to the age of other fossils in the same layer, this is use of

• fossil record

• relative dating

• geologic time scale

• radioactive dating

When scientists use radioactive isotopes to estimate the age of a fossil, this is use of

• fossil record

• relative dating

• geologic time scale

• radioactive dating

An easily recognized species that lived a short while in a wide range of places is perfect for a(an)

• fossil record

• index fossil

• geologic time scale

• half-life

The amount of time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms in an isotope to decay is known as

• fossil record

• index fossil

• geologic time scale

• half-life

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

This is used to represent evolutionary time

• fossil record

• index fossil

• geologic time scale

• half-life

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which is the longest amount of time?

• era

• period

• second

• decade

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Geologists have divided time between the precambrian and present into three of these

• era

• period

• second

• decade

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4