
Topic 6 Vocabulary
Authored by Stephanie Grande
Science
8th Grade
NGSS covered

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1.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the Topic 6 Vocab Term with its Definition (Notes page 73)
Actual age rock/fossils (years)
Absolute Age
"Age" of rock/fossil compared to another
Pangea
Supercontinent Paleozoic - Mesozoic
Relative Age
Unstable atom transforms to another atom
Radioactive Decay
Older rocks on bottom
Law of Superposition
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
2.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the Topic 6 Vocab Term with its Definition (Notes page 73)
Time gap- rock exposed & eroded
Igneous Intrusion
Bending layers- compression forces
Unconformity
Break in crust moving rock layers
Rock Folding
Magma erupts on surface & cools
Rock Faults
Magma cools & solidifies below surface
Igneous Extrusion
3.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the Topic 6 Vocab Term with its Definition (Notes page 73)
Smaller unit of geological time
Era
Rapid & widespread biodiversity loss
Geological Time Scale
Organization of Earth's History
Time Period
Long span of geological time
Mass Extinction
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the Topic 6 Vocab Term with its Definition (Notes page 74)
Present Era (Mammals)
Paleozoic Era
Beginning of History (longest - 88%)
Cenozoic Era
2nd in history. Life moves to land.
Precambrian Time
3rd in history. Age of Reptiles
Mesozoic Era
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the Topic 6 Vocab Term with its Definition (Notes page 74)
Animal without a backbone
Invertebrate
Animal with a backbone
Amphibian
Temp regulation. Mammary glands
fur/hair
Fossil
Remains of prehistoric organism
Vertebrate
Lives in land and water
Mammal
6.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the Topic 6 Vocab Term with its Definition (Notes page 74)
Conclude from evidence
Organize
Consider in proportion to something else
Infer
Improve with small changes
Relative
Arrange in a particular order
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