Geologic History of NYS

Geologic History of NYS

8th - 9th Grade

10 Qs

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Geologic History of NYS

Geologic History of NYS

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th - 9th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-3, MS-LS2-1

+3

Standards-aligned

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which geologic event occurred in NYS at the same time as the extinction of dinosaurs and ammonoids?

formation of the Queenston Delta

deposition of sands and clays underlying Long Island

initial opening of the Atlantic Ocean

advance and retreat of the last continental ice sheet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What life event occurred during the Neogene period?

earliest grasses

abundant reptiles

large carnivorous mammals

earliest insects

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The earliest birds were apart of what Era?

Mesozoic

Cenezoic

Paleozoic

Neogene

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Pangea begins to break up during what period?

Jurassic

Triassic

Permian

Cenezoic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The fossil Eospirifer was found during the _____ period

Silurian

Cambrian

Permian

Devonian

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What geologic event occurred during the Permian period?

advance and retreat of last continental ice

salt a gypsum deposit

Alleghenian orogeny

uplift of Adirondacks

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Birds were first found during what Era?

Cenezoic

Mesozoic

Paleozoic

Cambrian

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

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