Help your students build real understanding of analyzing rock sequences through ninety questions that move from basic recognition to genuine reasoning about how the Earth works.
Students will answer questions such as "What can a significant change in fossil types between Layers 2 and 3 indicate?", "Which layer is most likely to contain fossils of marine life?", and "In which layer would you expect to find the oldest fossils?"
Each worksheet reviews the same core ideas from a different angle. Use them across a week or unit so students see the material three times without it ever feeling repetitive.
This set is part of a NGSS aligned earth science unit. The unit also covers Introduction to Geologic Time, Layers of Rock, Fossils and the Rock Record, Relative and Absolute Dating, Geological Timeline Creation, and Mass Extinctions, all in the same three worksheet format, so your classroom routine stays familiar while the topic changes.
Suitable for Grade 6-8 earth science classes, and for review at any point in the school year. This set is aligned to NGSS standard MS-ESS1-4.
