Geologic Timescale

Geologic Timescale

9th - 10th Grade

20 Qs

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Geologic Timescale

Geologic Timescale

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Science

9th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS2-3

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What are the classifications from the largest to narrowest unit of time on the geologic time scale?

era, period, eon

eon, era, period, epoch

era, eon, epoch, period

eon, era, epoch, period

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The Cenozoic is

an eon

an era

a period

an epoch

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The Phanerozoic is

an eon

an era

a period

an epoch

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The epoch we are currently living in is the

Holocene

Quaternary

Cambrian

Pleistocene

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The Ordovician Period spanned from

488-542 mya

444-488 mya

416-444 mya

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The Cretaceous Period spanned from

65.5- 146 mya

146-200 mya

23.0-65.5 mya

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The Paleozoic Era spanned from

65.5-251 mya

359-542 mya

251-542 mya

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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