Relative Dating and Laws of Stratigraphy

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Analyze the seashell found in the white layer. Which statement is true of the rock layer that contains this fossil?
It could also contain a fossil from the bottom layer.
It is older than the layers below it.
It is younger than the layers above it.
It is older than the layers above it.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do geologists use relative dating?
Placing rocks in order from youngest to oldest
Placing rocks in order by minerals they contain
Classifying rocks by different textures
Classifying rocks by different isotopes
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following correctly lists the layers in order from oldest to youngest?
A, B, C, D, E
E, B, C, D, A
E, D, C, B, A
C, B, A, D, E
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do scientists use fossils to determine the relative ages of rock layers?
by comparing all the fossils in one rock layer
by comparing fossils in many different rock layers
by determining the positions of fossils in many different rock layers
by locating other areas of the world where the same fossils are found
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What scientific law tells us that if one rock layer contains pieces or fragments of another rock layer, then the fragments will be older than the rock layer that surrounds it.
Cross-cutting
Original Horizontality
Unconformities
Inclusions
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What scientific law tells us that if one rock layer crosses over other layers, then that layer of rock will be younger than any rock layers that it crosses?
Cross-cutting
Original Horizontality
Unconformities
Inclusions
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Correctly sequence the layers of rocks oldest to youngest
C,E,D,A,B
C,E,D,A,B
C,E, D,B,A
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
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