Geological History and Evolution

A change over time, the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms

• evolution

• embryo

• homologous structure

• fossil record

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If two embryos look very similar, what does that tell you about a common ancestor?

• The two organisms are NOT closely related

• The two organisms are closely related

• Embryos have nothing to do with evidence

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The __________ shows a historical sequence of life documented by scientists and shows that organisms have changed over time.

• Origins of Species

• fossil record

• embryo

• Continental Drift

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A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth's history.

• anatomy

• relative age

• evolution

• geological time scale

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Index fossils

• are found in rock layers

• are widely distributed

• represent an organism that existed for a geologically short period of time

• all of above

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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

• absolute age

• sedimentary age

• metamorphic age

• relative age

The geological principal that states that in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock, each layer is older than the the layer above it and younger than the layer below it.

• folding

• intrusion

• law of superposition

• metamorphic age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

When the continents were joined together in a supercontinent, or single landmass about 300 million years ago.

• Pangaea

• continental drift

• evolution

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that lived long ago.

• evolution

• paleontologist

• meteorologist

• podiatrist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Evidence to support that the continents move include:

• land features

• climate

• fossils

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1