The History of Earth

layers of rock

• strata
• tilting
• index fossil
• intrusion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

a fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found.

• unconformity
• index fossil
• absolute age
• superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A gap in the geologic record that shows where rock layers have been lost due to erosion.

• unconformity
• strata
• folding
• fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

the bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust

• fossil
• intrusion
• folding
• index fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

when earth's forces move rock layers up or down unevenly

• absolute age
• index fossil
• absolute age
• tilting

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• fossil
• relative age
• Geologic Time Scale
• superposition

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

An igneous rock layer formed when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface.

• Continental Drift Theory
• faulting
• intrusion
• Pangaea

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history.

• Continental Drift Theory
• Geologic Time Scale
• folding
• stratigraphy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

the number of years since the rock formed

• unconformity
• faulting
• absolute age
• intrusion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The age of a rock compared to the ages of other rocks

• relative age
• superposition
• stratigraphy
• index fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4