Relative Age Dating

Relative Age Dating

8th Grade

25 Qs

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SCIENCE MIDTERM PART 2

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Relative Age Dating

Relative Age Dating

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS2-3

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which layer is OLDER? Layer M or Intrusion P?

Layer M

Intrusion P

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which layer is OLDER? Layer E or Fault H?

Layer E

Fault H

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which layer is OLDER? Layer E or Intrusion A?

Layer E

Intrusion A

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What geologic principle(or law) is best displayed here?

Superposition

Original horizontality

Cross-cutting relationships

Inclusions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How can we use the law of super position to determine the relative age of a fossil?

fossils that are found in lower sedimentary rock layers are older than fossils that are found in layers that are above those layers

the law of superposition can not be used for determining the age of fossils

fossils that are found in layers of sedimentary rocks are usually older than the rock layers they are found in

fossils that are found in upper layers of sedimentary rocks are the oldest of all fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An estimated age based on rocks and fossils found above and below is:

Neither of these

Both

absolute age

relative age

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A sedimentary layer of sandstone contains inclusions of granite. Which rock is older, the sandstone or the granite

the sandstone

the granite

both are the same age

it's impossible to know

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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