History of Planet Earth

A scientist discovers a body fossil of a fish.

Arrange the sequence of events into the correct order to describe how the body fossil formed. Label the first step 1 and the last step 4.

 

A Fossil Forms

An Organism Dies

Soft Tissue Decays

Bones are replaced by minerals

• -A Fossil Forms

  -An Organism Dies

  -Soft Tissue Decays

  -Bones are replaced by minerals

• -Bones are replaced by minerals

  -A Fossil Forms

  -An Organism Dies

  -Soft Tissue Decays

• -Bones are replaced by minerals

  -Soft Tissue Decays

  -A Fossil Forms

  -An Organism Dies

• -An Organism Dies

  -Soft Tissue Decays

  -Bones are replaced by minerals

  -A Fossil Forms

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What evidence is shown in the picture to support the fact that Grand Canyon rocks are examples of sedimentary strata?

• The rocks are near a riverbed.

• The layers of rock are in vertical patterns

• The rocks have smooth edges.

• The layers of rock are in horizontal patterns.

A scientist claims that dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago. What evidence best supports this claim?

• horizontal rock patterns

• a fossil record

• sediment samples

• trace fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the best explanation of how the rock strata shifted?

• Sedimentary rock was deposited over the rock layers

• Folding bent the layers and formed mountains

• An earthquake shifted the rock strata downward

• Weathering flipped over the rock strata

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which two statements about the rock fault can be supported by evidence shown in the diagram?

• The fault is younger than the rock that surrounds it

• The fault is caused by deep cracks in the Earth's crust

• The fault is created by erosion and weather

• The fault is always older than the rocks that surround it

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The oldest layer of rock is layer 1/5/3/2/4, and the youngest layer of rock is layer 4/2/1/5/3.            

• 5 , 1

• 4 , 3

• 1 , 5

• 2 , 5

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Choose the correct words to complete the sentence. The environment of the forest was most likely once dry and home to many animals/ covered in rocks/ covered with water.         

• covered in rocks

• covered with water

• once dry and home to many animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The oldest fossils from the the Paleozoic era from which TWO time periods?

• Cambrian

• Permian

• Orodovician

• Devonian

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What most likely caused the rock strata to change?

• Mineral colors affected the position of the rock layers.

• Movement of Earth's crust pushed on the sediment layers.

• Sea waves washed over the rocks and caused curvy patterns.

• Wind caused the many different layers of rock strata.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2