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A Trip Through Geologic Time

Authored by Helaine Reiner

Science

6th Grade

NGSS covered

Used 6+ times

A Trip Through Geologic Time
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Earth is believed to be

4.5 trillion years old

4.5 billion years old

4.5 million years old

4.5 thousand years old

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When most organisms die do they form a fossil?

Yes

No

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Most organisms that have formed fossils died in _______.

mud

the desert

water

a forested area.

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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When this ancient animal died its body was covered by ______ that eventually turned to ________.

water/sediment

sediment/ clay

sediment/ rock

rock/ sediment

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Fossils are commonly found in

igneous rock.

metamorphic rock.

sedimentary rock.

all types of rocks.

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Most organisms do not fossilize after they die, instead they are eaten or

decompose.

dissolve.

evaporate.

break apart.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Fossils of mammals are found

in the lowest rock layers of the Grand Canyon.

in the middle rock layers of the Grand Canyon.

in the upper rock layers of the Grand Canyon.

through out the entire canyon.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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