Science Test 4 (Q3)

A scientist who studies the Earth’s crust as well as the processes and history that shaped it

• Chemist

• Geologist

• Paleontologist

• Biologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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A scientist that studies fossil remains found on the Earth’s surface in order to study primitive life forms such as: plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria

• Chemist

• Geologist

• Paleontologist

• Biologist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A branch of geology dealing with the arrangement of sedimentary rock layers or strata

• Law of Superpositoin

• Strata

• Chronology

• Stratigraphy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What are strata?

• sedimentary rock layers

• metamorphic rock layers

• igneous rock layers

• a special kind of fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is the oldest?

• mudstone

• siltstone

• limestone

• sandstone

• conglomerate

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

History of life as documented by all fossils, preserved in sedimentary rock strata

• Eon

• Epoch

• Era

• Fossil Record

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Indicate to geologists the boundaries in geological time

• Index Fossils

• Fossils

• Rock strata

• Law of Superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of index fossils?

• Easily recognizable

• Abundant

• Lived a long time

• Wide geographic distribution

• Lived a short time

Uses the decay of radioactive elements to find the exact age of a rock or fossil

• Radiometric Dating

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

• Sedimentary Dating

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The predictable time an element takes to decay

• Radiometric Dating

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

• Half Life

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8