Geologic Timeline

Geologic Timeline

6th Grade

10 Qs

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Geologic Timeline

Geologic Timeline

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Biology, Other, Other Sciences

6th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these numbers is closets to the age of the earth?

4,600 years
460,000 years
46 million years
4.6 billion years

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main purpose of the geologic time scale?

To organize the major eras of Earth's history
To compare very short and very long periods of time
To compete with other, non-geologic time scales
To help understand that the planet is really old

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Place the following units in order, from smallest to largest.

Epoch, period, eon
Eon, epoch, period
Period, eon, epoch
Epoch, eon, period

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Generally speaking, which rock layers are the oldest?

The thinnest ones
The thickest ones
The ones furthest from the surface
The ones closest to the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can you conclude from the fact that there have been just four eons in Earth's history?

Eons are very short periods of time
Eons always last less than 1 billion years
Geologist on began naming eons recently
There have been at least eight periods in Earth
's history

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event might mark the end of a period?

The fact that 100 million years had elapsed since the end of the previous period
A major geologic change
The appearance of one new species
The gradual drifting of the continents 

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can you infer about the Maastrichtian Age from its name?

That it was the most strict geological age in history
Nothing--the names of geologic ages are arbitrary
Rocks from this era were first studied near the city of Maastricht, Netherlands
That it was an extremely long, complicated age

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