Earth's History

What is the process of determining an approximate computed age in archaeology and geology called?

• Earth's Evolution

• Fossil Evidence

• Absolute Geologic Dating

• Geological Record

What term describes the process that formed and changed Earth from its beginning to the present?

• Fossil Record

• Earth's Evolution

• Rock Strata

• Geological Time Scale

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age called?

• Fossils

• Geological Record

• Fossil Evidence

• Absolute Geologic Dating

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What are the mineralized remains of organisms and the rock layers in which they are found called?

• Fossil Record

• Earth's Evolution

• Geological Time Scale

• Rock Strata

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What term refers to the mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured?

• Geological Record

• Fossils

• Absolute Geologic Dating

• Earth's Evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What includes all the layers of rock deposits laid down, including all their fossil content?

• Geological Record

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Strata

• Geological Time Scale

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is a system of chronological measurement that relates stratigraphy to time?

• Fossil Record

• Geological Time Scale

• Earth's Evolution

• Rock Strata

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What are beds or layers of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout called?

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Strata

• Geological Record

• Absolute Geologic Dating

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4