Fossi

Fossi

8th Grade

29 Qs

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Fossi

Fossi

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-2

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

29 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

How do fossils help scientists

They tell them what going to happen

They tell use where to find other fossils

They tell us what the weather is going to be in a year

Fossils in rocks have given scientists insight into the earths history

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the name of the scientist that study fossils

Paleontologist

faleontolog

halooligi

Rokoliogist

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Forms when a mold is filled with sand or mud that hardens into the shape of the organism

Petrified fossil

Trace fossil

Cast fossil

Preserved fossil

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

jenna know that scientists use several methods to help determine the relative ages of different rock layers, including using fossils. which of the following are other ways to determine the relative age of rock layers


choose three

law of superposition

rock half-life

igneous intrusions

faults

radiometric dating

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

mia enjoys studying fossils. she learned how fossils called index fossils are found in the rock layers. The index fossils help scientists study rock ages, in what way do index fossils help determine rock ages

index fossils are widely distributed and are always found in every sedimentary rock layer

index fossils were around only short time but they show up in many rock layers

index fossils are widely distributed but were not around long and so they show up in only a few rock layers

index fossils are widely distributed and were around for a long time and so they show up in may rock layers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

which of the following is a condition necessary for fossilization to occur

rapid and permanent burial

presence of heat

lack of oxygen

continued sediment accumulation

absence of compression

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

the law superposition states that

younger rocks are deeper in the earth's crust

older rocks are deeper in earth's crust

it is impossible to tell which rocks are older

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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