
BrainPOP: Geologic Time

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7th Grade
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Lindsey Stevens
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these numbers is closest to the age of the Earth?
4,600 years
460,000 years
46 million years
4.6 billion years
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
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 & very long periods of time
To compete with other, non-geologic time scales
To help people understand that the planet is very 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
Tags
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
Geologists only began naming eons recently
There have been at least 8 periods in Earth's history
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
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
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
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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