Fossil Record Test

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Middle school level fossil exam covering:

• Earth’s history
• The fossil record
• Very basics of geologic time
• Rock strata
• Law of superposition

This test includes 18 multiple-choice questions, many of which have simple diagrams for analysis. There are also two open-response questions that focus on the Law of Superposition. This test covers an OVERVIEW of these topics – NOT the nitty-gritty detail of era names or specific organisms that lived in each era. Students do NOT need to know exactly how fossils form or be able to recognize specific fossils. The focus of this test is on the Law of Superposition, and that Earth’s life forms and climate have changed over time, as outlined in Next Generation Science Standard MS-LS4-1.

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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-ESS1-4: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history.
• NGSS MS-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.