Geologic Time: Building a Time Line

Geologic Time: Building a Time Line

8th Grade

14 Qs

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Geologic Time: Building a Time Line

Geologic Time: Building a Time Line

Assessment

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Science

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2

Standards-aligned

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14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This is a surface where the rock has eroded away, producing a break, or gap, in the rock record.

unfonformity

inconsistancy

uniformity

correlation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This is when geologists match rocks and fossils from separate locations.

correlation

key beds

unconformity

uniformity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

These are species that existed on Earth for a short length of time (about 1-10 million years), were abundant, and inhabited many locations.

index fossils

key beds

major geologic events

unconformities

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

These are rocks or sediment layers that are used as a marker to correlate with other rock layers.

key beds

index fossils

major geologic events

unconformities

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

These leave behind evidence in rocks that geologists can use to determine relative age. Some examples include mountain ranges uplifting and eroding, oceans flooding the land and then retreating.

major geologic events

key beds

index fossils

unconformities

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This is the model of Earth's history from its origin 4.6 billion years ago to the present.

geologic time scale

key beds

index fossils

major geologic events

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

These are the longest units of geologic time.

eons

era

period

epoch

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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