Earth's History

When an organism dies, is buried and dissolves, Sediments and minerals fill in the open space recreating the shape of the organism.

• Carbon Film

• Molds and Casts

• Trace Fossils

• Petrified Fossils

Preserved evidence of an organism's activity.

• Carbon Film

• Molds and Casts

• Trace Fossils

• Petrified Fossils

Occurs when the organic matter is completely replaced by minerals and the fossil is turned to stone

• Trace Fossils

• Molds and Casts

• Petrified Fossils

• Carbon Film

A scientist that studies fossils

• Paleontologist

• Teacherologist

• Biologist

• Geologist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The age of a fossil compared to other fossils, rocks and features nearby

• Exact Age

• Relative Age

• Absolute Dating

• Age Dating

Scientific means of accurately dating the age of a rock or fossil.

• Exact Age

• Relative Age

• Absolute Dating

• Age Dating

The remains of plants and animals that lived for a limited period.   The best ones are common, widely distributed and easy to find.

• Index Fossils

• Trace Fossils

• Fossils

• Fossilized Excrement

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is a type of absolute dating?

• Carbon Dating

• Relative Dating

• Isomer Dating

• Hypothetical Dating

A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras

• Atlantis

• Eurasia

• Afrika

• Pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time, slowly drifting apart from a single supercontinent

• Continental Fracture

• Geological Unconformity

• Continental Drift

• Law of Floating Continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3