Relative Dating and Laws of Stratigraphy

Relative Dating and Laws of Stratigraphy

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Relative Dating and Laws of Stratigraphy

Relative Dating and Laws of Stratigraphy

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

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

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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.

Tags

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

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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

Media Image

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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