Give your earth science students a focused look at relative and absolute dating with ninety questions built for real classroom use, whether you are starting a new unit or reviewing before a test.

The set includes questions like "Which dating method would you use to determine the age of a dinosaur fossil?", "What can relative dating tell scientists about Earth's history?", and "What role do index fossils play in relative 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, 26 pages in total

All three worksheets cover the same topic in different question styles. That means you can use one as a pretest, another for practice or homework, and the third as a follow up quiz, without students ever seeing the same question twice.

Ways to Use This Resource

• Review station before a lab or field activity
• Bell ringers and warm ups during the unit
• Self checking practice, since every answer key includes explanations
• Homework or review before a test
• First look diagnostic to plan your unit

This set is part of a standards aligned earth science unit. The unit also covers How Fossils Form, Fossil Preservation Types, Stratigraphic Principles, Cross Cutting and Index, Radioactive Decay as Time, and Combining Dating Methods, all in the same three worksheet format, so your classroom routine stays familiar while the topic changes.

Suitable for Grade 9-12 earth science classes, and for review at any point in the school year. This set is aligned to Virginia SOL standard ES.9c.