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Geologic Time Scale

Geologic Time Scale

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Science

11th Grade

Practice Problem

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NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-4, K-ESS3-1

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Standards-aligned

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Let us review by arranging these layers from youngest to oldest.

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FBKADIGJCEH

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Which of the fossils is considered index fossil?

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ammonite

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trilobite

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one that looks like a spring

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the one that looks like a moth

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Which can be considered as an index fossil?

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Trilobite

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Crinoid

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Ammonite

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Gastropod

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Multiple Choice

Who is the Greek god of the Underworld?

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Zeus

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Hades

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Poseidon

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Athena

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Multiple Choice

Check for comprehension: Which Eon marked the first oxygen and life forms on the Earth

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Hadean

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Archean

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Proterozoic

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What is the supercontinent proposed by Wegener from last time?

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Laurasia

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Gondwanaland

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Pangaea

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Rodinia

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​crinoids

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​Diplocaulus

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Multiple Choice

What period marked the first vertebrates?

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Cambrian

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Ordovician

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Mississipian

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Permian

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What period marked the first mass extinction?

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Cambrian

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Ordovician

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Mississipian

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Permian

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What period marked the first mammals?

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Jurassic

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Triassic

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Cretaceous

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Multiple Choice

What period marked the first birds?

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Jurassic

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Triassic

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Cretaceous

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What period marked the fourth mass extinction?

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Jurassic

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Triassic

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Cretaceous

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What epoch marked the first primates?

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Paleogene

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Neogene

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Quaternary

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What period marks the present?

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Paleogene

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Neogene

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Quaternary

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Poll

What time period interested you the most?

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

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