The History of Life on Earth

What are traces or imprints of living things that are preserved in rock?

• Bone

• Plant

• Fossil

• Footprint

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Where are fossils made/found?

• Loose dirt/sand

• Bedrock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Where are newer fossils found?

• Towards the top layers of sedimentary rock.

• Towards the bottom layers of sedimentary rock.

• In the middle layers of sedimentary rock.

• Out in the open.

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What type of dating uses the layer of sedimentary rock that the fossil was found in?

• Sedimentary dating

• Relative dating

• Absolute dating

• Estimated dating

What type of dating is used when scientists use atoms to determine the age of the fossil?

• Absolute dating

• Strict dating

• Atomic dating

• Relative dating

What do we call the calendar scientists use to outline the history of life on Earth?

• Gregorian calendar

• Scientific calendar

• Fossil record

• Geological time scale

True or False: An era is longer than a period

• True

• False

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What is it called when a species completely dies out?

• Evolution

• Speciation

• Extinction

• Endangered

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True or False: When a species becomes extinct, it can reappear later on.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

The Earth's crust moves around on things called tectonic plates. The moving of the Earth's crusts on these tectonic plates is called the theory of _________________.

• Plate tectonics

• Pangea

• Continental Drift

• Changing Earth