Index Fossils Quizziz

_____________ is the sequencing of events based on the order in which they occurred.

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

• Geologic Time

• Fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

_____________ is determining the exact age, in years, of a rock or fossil through radiometric dating.

• Relative Dating

• Absolute Dating

• Geologic Time

• Fossils

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

A __________is the amount of time it takes for a parent isotope to decay to half of its original value

• Law of Original Horizontality.

• Daughter Isotope

• Parent Isotope

• Half life

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Carbon-14 is a radioactive isotope that decays into Nitrogen-14. Carbon-14 is a _______________.

• Law of Original Horizontality.

• Daughter Isotope

• Parent Isotope

• Half life

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Carbon-14 is a radioactive isotope that decays into Nitrogen-14. Nitrogen-14 is a _______________.

• Law of Original Horizontality.

• Daughter Isotope

• Parent Isotope

• Half life

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

_____________ states that when sediments are deposited initially in horizontal sedimentary rock layers. Any change to the shape of those layers happens after the layers formed.

• Principle of Original Horizontality.

• Daughter Isotope

• Parent Isotope

• Half life

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Examine the image here. Hint: Use the slides to get a better view. Which organism appeared first?

• Gastropod

• Trilobite

• Crinoid

• Coral

• Ammonite

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Examine the image here. Hint: Use the slides to get a better view. Which organism appeared last?

• Gastropod

• Trilobite

• Crinoid

• Fern

• Ammonite

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Examine the image here. Hint: Use the slides to get a better view. Which organism(s) appeared after the trilobites

• Gastropod

• Trilobite

• Crinoid

• Coral

• Ammonite

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Examine the image here. Hint: Use the slides to get a better view. Trilobites appeared on Earth __________ gastropods

• before

• after

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1