Relative Aging and Index Fossils

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers
• Near the bottom of the rock layers
• In the middle of the rock layers
• Somewhat near the surface

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Which fossil is relatively the oldest?

• Trilobite
• Ammonite
• Crinoid
• Gastropod

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Which animal is the youngest in site 1?

• bird
• ammonite 
• shell

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Which fossil is relatively the oldest?

• Trilobite
• Ammonite
• Crinoid
• Gastropod

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the youngest layer in the diagram?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Look at the diagram, what layer did animal E first show up in?

• Layer #4

• Layer #5

• Layer #6

• Layer #8

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Rock layer C is _______________ than rock layer D but _______________ than rock layer B.

• older, younger

• younger, older

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Which of the following orders the rock layers accurately from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
• B, F, G, C, D, H, A, E
• B, G, C, D, E, H, A, F
• F, A, H, E, D, C, G, B

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The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

• The absolute age of rock layers
• The age of fossils
• The relative age of rock layers
• the super powers of rocks

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What is the name of the large supercontinent that once existed?

• Gondwanaland

• Laurasia

• Eurasia

• Pangea

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