Earth's History

In which time period are we currently living?

• Precambrian Time

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Jellyfish are one of the oldest species on Earth. In what time period did they first appear?

• Precambrian Time

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

In what time period did Pangaea, the super continent, appear?

• Precambrian Time

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which fossil is the youngest?

• fossil A

• fossil B

• fossil C

• fossils A and B are the same age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the importance of studying fossils?

• to provide information about how current life forms would exist in previous environmental conditions

• to provide information about how life and environmental conditions may have changed

• to provide information about how previous life forms would exist in current environmental conditions

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Determines the “relative” order of past events but not the absolute age.

• Absolute age

• Relative age

• Real age

• New age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Uses the decay of radioactive elements to find the ___________________________ of a rock or fossil.

• Relative age

• Absolute age

• New age

• Real Age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The same natural laws in Earth's history that are present today.

• Uniformitarianism

• Law of Superposition

• Catastrophism

• The Great Dying

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Mass extinction 252 million years ago... end of the Permian Period.

• Great Cambrian Explosion

• The Great Dying

• Uniformitarianism

• Eon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When most of the major groups of animals first appear in the fossil record.

• Law of Superposition

• The Great Dying

• Great Cambrian Explosion

• Era

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1