CFE Review #7: Geologic Time

Which of the following orders the rock layers accurately from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
• B, F, G, C, D, H, A, E
• B, G, C, D, E, H, A, F
• F, A, H, E, D, C, G, B

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of these rock layers is relatively the newest?

• Kaibab formation
• Zoraster Granite
• Redwall limestone
• Unkar group

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following orders the rock layers accurately from oldest to youngest?

• F, E, D, C, B, A
• A, B, C, D, E, F
• D, A, B, C, E, F
• F, E, A, B, C, D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which fossil is relatively the oldest?

• Trilobite
• Ammonite
• Crinoid
• Gastropod

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following does the law of superposition tell scientists?

• Absolute age
• Relative age
• Exact age
• All of the answer choices

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Geologists use radioactive dating to determine THE ABSOLUTE AGE OF ROCKS.

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

All plants and ANIMALS contain carbon.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

_______________is the method of determining the absolute ages of rocks.

• radioactive dating
• carbon-14 dating

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What is a fossil?

• Foot prints, burrows, or other impressions made by animals that give use clues to how they lived.
• When things die and their remains are buried.
• The preserved remains of an organism.
• The age determined by the things around it.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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What are trace fossils?

• Foot prints, burrows, or other impressions made by animals that give use clues to how they lived.
• When things die and their remains are buried.
• The preserved remains of an organism.
• The age determined by the things around it.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1