Relative Age vs Absolute Age

The age of a rock compared to the ages of other rocks is the rock's

• absolute age

• geologic age

• sedimentary age

• relative age

Relative age dating is used to determine the...

• actual age of an event

• length of time between two events

• age of one event in comparison with other events

• rate at which a gologic process occurs

The number of years that have passed since the rock formed is the rock's

• relative age

• law of superposition

• absolute age

• index fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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

• At the top of the rock layers

• Near the bottom of the rock layers

• In the middle of the rock layers

• Somewhat near the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer is the youngest?

• A

• F

• Can not tell

• They are all the same age.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which is an example of absolute age?

• "This trilobite is older than that dinosaur."

• "That stromatolite is the absolute oldest fossil I've ever seen."

• "Velociraptors lived 71-75 million years ago."

The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

• The absolute age of rock layers

• The age of fossils

• The relative age of rock layers

• the super powers of rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following offers a possible list of the layers in order from oldest to youngest?

• A, B, C, D, E

• E, C, B, D, A

• E, D, C, B, A

• C, B, A, D, E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Index fossils help determine relative age through correlating rock layers.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4