LS 4.1

What type of environment existed at the time these fossils were formed?

• Mountain top or Plateau for all layers

• The top layers were tropical or water/ aquatic environment; The younger layers were on Land

• They are all in a Desert environment

• Older layers were tropical or water/ aquatic environment 

   Younger layers on land

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You find the Shark tooth in more than one layer of rock. What does this tell us about the sharks?

• They lived during multiple time periods

• They only lived during 1 time period

• They died off in a mass extinction

• The shark teeth were

  index fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What would be the BEST benefit to scientist studying the Earths history at the location in the image?

• They would be able to tell what types of rocks are here

• They would be able to determine what type of Animals walked here

• They would be able to study Earth's Past life to the oldest visible layer

• They would not be able to determine anything because those layers were destroyed.

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What can be said when comparing the age of layers A, D,C and B?

• C & D are the same layer because they notice an index fossil and the same type of rock. A & B are younger than D.  

• A & D are the same layer because they are at the same level. B & E are younger than D.  

• All of the layers are from the Mesozoic Era.

• C & F are the Same age because the rocks in those layers are the same type of rocks.

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List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Draw conclusions

Communicate results

Conduct experiment

Analyze results

Ask a question

Form a hypothesis

Which letter represents amplitude? (a)  

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Based on the information provided in the image What could have happened to layers A & B in Column 2?

• They died

• They were never there in the first place

• Weathering and erosion caused those layers to erode away at that location

• They were melted and turned into a different kind of rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which TWO layers contain fossils indicating that water once existed in this area where the fossils were formed?

• C,D,A

• E,F,B

• A,D,E

• None of them

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What happens to sea levels during Ice Ages and Interglacial periods?

• IceAge: sea levels  drop ( because it freezes in the glaciers) 

  Interglacial pds: Rises because the Ice melts 

• Interglacial pds: sea levels  drop ( because it freezes in the glaciers) 

  Ice age: Rises because the Ice melts 

• All Sea levels drop during Ice ages & Interglacial periods

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What could you say about the layer of Igneous rock in the image?

• No organisms were alive at that time

• There may have been a mass extinction involving Volcanos

• There were so many oceans at that time that igneous rock was the only thing that could form

• The fossils that survived were so small that they could not be found

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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