The Geologic Time Scale
Authored by Stephanie Maloney
Science
7th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of Earth and the processes that shape it.
geology
geography
geometry
geode
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The principle that states that all geologic change occurs suddenly:
paleozoic
uniformitarianism
catastrophism
sedimentary
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The idea that the same geologic processes that shape Earth today have been at work throughout Earth's history:
catastrophism
uniformitarianism
geology
Pangaea
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which were true about James Hutton?
Scottish
farmer
father of modern geology
observations at Siccar Point
physicist
5.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The shortest measurement of time on the geologic time scale:
(a)
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 sec • 1 pt
The Earth is changed by both catastrophic events and the ongoing processes of uniformitarianism.
True
False
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The _____ divides Earth's history into intervals of time defined by major events or changes on Earth.
Social Studies Textbook
principea
Gregorian Calendar
Geologic Time Scale
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
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