Fossil Record

Fossil Record

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Fossil Record

Fossil Record

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which layer contains the oldest fossil?

Layer 1

Layer 2

Layer 3

Layer 4

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which layer contains the youngest fossil?

layer 1

layer 2

layer 3

layer 4

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Organisms D and C clearly lived in an aquatic (water) environment. Organism A does not look like it lived in the water. What is the most likely explanation for this?

The fossil in layer A died on land and was carried to the water

The fossils in layer C and D did not live in the same location as the fossil in layer A

The environment changed over a long period of time. It used to be under water, but is not anymore

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is a likely event that occurred between fossil layers B and D?

explosion of new species

mass extinction

can not tell from the image

small changes to the environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is the collection of life's remains found in sedimentary rock?

natural selection

homologous structures

Charles Darwin

the fossil record

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Scientists have collected millions of fossils of different organisms, and have developed a timeline of life on Earth. What do we call this?

Mutation

Natural Selection

The theory of evolution

Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Layered fossils create a historical sequence (timeline) is known as ____________.

Natural Selection

Evolution

Fossil Record

Extinction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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