history of the earth

history of the earth

8th - 10th Grade

27 Qs

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history of the earth

history of the earth

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Science

8th - 10th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS1-4, HS-PS1-8

+3

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27 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A fossil is ____.

any dead organism

the preserved remains or traces of an organism

a perfect copy of a rock

an unusual type of rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do most fossils form?

Living things die and their remains are buried by sediments.

The hard parts of an organism dry out in the air

The soft parts of an organism change to stone.

Freezing preserves the remains of an organism

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A fossil formed when minerals replace all or part of an organism is called a _____.

mold

petrified fossil

cast

trace fossil

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

____ can provide clues about the activities of ancient organisms.

Trace fossils

Remains preserved in amber

Carbon films

Molds and casts

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The process by which all the different kinds of living things have changed over long periods of time is called _____.

sedimentation

replacement

deposition

evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A type of organism that no longer exists on Earth is said to be _____.

fossilized

sedimentary

extinct

petrified

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The relative age of a rock is _____.

its age compared to the ages of other rocks

less than the age of the fossils the rock contains

the number of years since the rock formed

its age based on how much carbon-14 the rock contains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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