Determining Relative Age

What part of an organism is most likely to become a fossil?

• Heart

• Skin

• Bones

• Blood

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

_____________ are the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago.

• Climate

• Sedimentary

• Fossil

• Layers

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Determining whether an object or event is older or younger than other objects or events is called _____________.

• Relative Dating

• Absolute age

• Fossils

• Unconformity

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Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?

• R

• M

• F

• B

• I

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

According to the law of superposition, which layer is the youngest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How does the law of crosscutting explain the age of a fault?

• The fault is younger than the rocks above it.

• The fault is older than the rocks above it.

• The fault is older than the rocks it cuts through.

• The fault is younger than the rocks it cuts through.

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

• In the middle of the rock layers

• Somewhat near the surface

• Near the bottom of the rock layers

• At the top of the rock layers

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In which type of rock are most fossils found?

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sedimentary

• volcanic

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