Index Fossil

Index Fossil

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Index Fossil

Index Fossil

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

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

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which fossil makes the best index fossil?

Fossil 1

Fossil 2

Fossil 3

None follow all of the rules

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is the best reason that fossil #4 is NOT a good index fossil?

It is not widespread

it is not short-lived (in numerous layers)

It is in half of the outcrops

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which fossil makes the best index fossil?

ammonite

brachiopod

trilobite

shark

all four are good index fossils

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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To be considered an index fossil, it had to have lived for a relatively short period of time.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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If you found an index fossil in a layer of rock in Montana and a similar fossil in a layer of rock in Texas, you would know that:

the fossils and rock layers are the same age

the fossils from Montana are older

the fossils from England are older

none of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which fossil would make the best index fossil?

Trilobite

Ammonite

Coral

Crinoid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What letter would be the best example of an index fossil?

X

Z

Y

W

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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