Geo Time

The principle that Earth’s processes occurring today are similar to those that did in the past.

• uniformitarianism

• natural selection

• principle of superposition

• cyanobacteria

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What are the remains, imprints, or traces of once-living organisms?

• index fossils

• fossil

• mold

• cast

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Largest division of time

• Epoch

• Era

• Eon

• Period

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How does absolute age differ from relative age?

• only absolute dating indicates which rock is older than another

• only absolute dating finds the age in years

• only relative dating finds the age in years

Mammals are a dominant group in which era?

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Cambrianozoic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Geologists assume the newest rock layers are on top of the older ones, unless some type of disturbance occurs, in known as …

• Law of Inclusions

• Law of Crosscutting

• Law of Conservation

• Law of Superposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What are the relative ages of the features in order from YOUNGEST to OLDEST?

• Limestone

• Basalt

• Siltstone

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

In which time period are we currently living?

• Precambrian Time

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Put the layers in order from OLDEST to YOUNGEST

• D

• A

• S

• E

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The rock formation labeled "P" is a(n)...

• fault

• intrusion

• inclusion

• unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4