Fossils & the Geological Time Scale

Check the 3 statements that are TRUE about fossils.

• preserved remains of hard structures of plants and animals

• found in metamorphic rock layers

• can be as small as bacteria and as large as a dinosaur

• occur when the plant or animal is buried quickly

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The Law of Superposition means that the older the rock layer, the deeper it is.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

These type of fossils are important because they mark boundaries in geological time and help determine the age of rocks.

• index fossils

• important fossils

• boundary fossils

• fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

RELATIVE age is the _____ age of fossils.

• approximate

• actual

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

ABSOLUTE age is the _____ age of fossils.

• actual

• approximate

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What contains the chronological order broken into time chunks of all of Earth's geological history based on rock strata and the fossil record

• Geological Time Scale

• Earth's Date Book

• Fossil Record

• Geography Time Scale

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the correct order, from oldest to newest, of the eras on the Geological Time Scale?

• Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

• Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian

• Precambrian, Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What era gave rise to life as we know it: large mammals and humans?

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What type of fossil can traps the whole animal and can even preserve hair and organs?

• tar and ice

• carbonization

• petrification

• molds and casts

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Fossils support what 3 things?

• the environment the animal or plant lived in

• the Continental Drift theory

• what the animal ate

• how old Mrs. Potthast really is

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-2