Geologic History

Geologic History

9th Grade

50 Qs

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Geologic History

Geologic History

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS2-2

+1

Standards-aligned

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50 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

During which geologic time period was Stylonurus alive and abundant?

Cambrian

Jurassic

Silurian

Devonian

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Trilobite fossils were recently discovered in Himalyan Mountain bedrock. During which geologic period could this bedrock have been formed?

Neogene

Cretaceous

Triassic

Cambrian

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which important NYS fossil is most likely to be found in the Triassic Age rocks in the Newark Lowlands?

eurypterid

mastodont

coelophysis

naples tree

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which major mountain building episode is most recent?

Grenville orogeny

Taconian orogeny

Acadian orogeny

Alleghenian orogeny

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How many million years ago was the origin of the Earth and solar system?

1600

2600

3600

4600

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

During what period did the Catskill delta form?

Cambrian

Ordovician

Silurian

Devonian

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Sands and clays underlying Long Island and Staten Island were deposited during which ERA?

Cenozoic

Mesozoic

Paleozoic

Proterozoic

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