Earth science ideas click fastest with real practice. This set gives your Grade 6-8 class ninety questions on relative and absolute dating, aligned to the same NGSS performance expectation.

The set includes questions like "What is the primary principle of relative dating?", "Which dating method would be best for rocks older than 100,000 years?", and "Which of the following is a disadvantage of absolute dating?"

What's Inside?

• 30 Multiple Choice questions as a separate print ready PDF worksheet
• 30 True or False questions as a separate print ready PDF worksheet
• 30 Short Answer questions as a separate print ready PDF worksheet
• Includes Answer Key with Explanations for all 90 questions
• 6 print ready PDF files, 25 pages in total

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.

Ways to Use This Resource

• Bell ringers and warm ups during the unit
• Review station before a lab or field activity
• No prep cover lesson for a substitute teacher
• Self checking practice, since every answer key includes explanations
• Homework or review before a test

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, Geological Timeline Creation, Mass Extinctions, and Analyzing Rock Sequences, 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.