Pre-Test 2021

How old is the Earth?

• 3 billion years old

• 4.5 - 4.6 billion years old

• 1 -2 billion years old

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Which Era do we live in?

• Precambrian

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

• Paleozoic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Out of the choices below, which is the MOST likely cause for extinction of the dinosaurs?

• Asteroid impact near the tip of Mexico

• An ice age

• A series of devastating Earthquakes

The DNA in a cell is usually found in the....

• Nucleus

• Ribosomes

• wall

• Cytoplasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What powers the water cycle?

• The sun

• The wind

• The Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is it called when rocks are broken and are moved?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Cycling

What was the land called when it was all connected into a supercontinent?

• Plate Tectonics

• Pangea

• Precambrian

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A _____________is when DNA is damaged by radiation or other means.

• Genetic fluctuation

• Genetic mutation

• Genetic RNA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What is it called when you make an educated guess based on what you know of the world?

• Volcanism

• Hyperprotocol

• Hypothesis

What is it called when two tectonic plates move side to side?

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary