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KCCT UNIT HOT QUESTIONS: Unit Title:
Category
Remembering: define,
duplicate, list,
memorize, recall,
repeat, reproduce,
state
Understanding:
Classify, describe,
discuss, explain,
identify, locate,
recognize, report,
select, translate,
paraphrase
Applying:
Choose, demonstrate,
dramatize, employ,
illustrate, interpret,
operate, schedule,
sketch, solve, use,
write
Analyzing:
Appraise, compare,
contrast, criticize,
differentiate,
discriminate,
distinguish, examine,
experiment, question,
test
Evaluating:
Appraise, argue,
defend, judge, select,
support, value,
evaluate
Creating:
Assemble, construct,
create, design,
develop, formulate,
write
Questions
1)List two events and two features that can disturb rock-layer
sequences
2)Recall in what material fossils are most often preserved.
1) Explain how physical features are used to determine relative age
2) Describe three types of trace fossils
3) Explain how an index fossil can be used to date rock
4) Explain why the fossil record is incomplete
5) Explain how fossils are used to determine earth’s geological and
environmental changes.
6) Describe three processes by which fossils form
1) Illustrate: relative dating, superposition, geologic column
2) Interpret how changes in environmental conditions can affect the
survival of a species.
1) Differentiate between hard bodied organisms and soft bodied
organisms and determine why scientist would know about the hard
bodied organisms.
1) Evaluate whether there is a place on earth that has all the layers of
the geologic column. Defend your answer.
2) Evaluate what the fossil beds located at the Falls of the Ohio
suggest about the geologic history of the area around Louisville.
3) The oldest rocks in KY are at the surface in central KY and far
underground in Eastern and Western KY. Central KY is also at a
higher elevation than Western KY. Make an argument for how this
could be possible.
1) Assemble the sandwich ingredients so that they represent how a
geologic column is created.