Mass Extinctions

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Science

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9th Grade

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Medium

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NGSS

HS-LS4-5, MS-LS4-1, HS-ESS2-2

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Krishna Budias

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

It is the second largest mass extinction.

Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

Late Devonian Extinction

Permian-Triassic Extinction

Triassic - Jurassic Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This was caused by the global cooling and lowering of sea levels bringing about by the formation of glaciers

Late Devonian Extinction

Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

Triassic - Jurassic Extinction

Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This is the worst mass extinction in history.

Permian-Triassic Extinction

Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction

Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

Late Devonian Extinction

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

80% of all species were wiped off the earth

Triassic - Jurassic Extinction

Permian-Triassic Extinction

Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction

Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This is the period when the dinosaurs died.

Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction

Late Devonian Extinction

Holocene Extinction

Permian-Triassic Extinction

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This is caused by human activities

Holocene Extinction

Triassic - Jurassic Extinction

Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

Late Devonian Extinction

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The event took its hardest toll on marine organisms such as trilobites.

Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

Holocene Extinction

Late Devonian Extinction

Permian-Triassic Extinction

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

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