Unit 6 - Quiz 1 Review

the violent and sudden change of Earth's features

• uniformitarianism

• catastrophism

• mass extinction

• extinction

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

the idea that Earth experiences and experienced repeated abrupt changes

• uniformitarianism

• catastrophism

• conformity

• geologic time scale

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

the idea that Earth's features have changed due to geological processes that have occurred in the past and currently

• uniformitarianism

• catastrophism

• conformity

• geologic time scale

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

geological processes that have shaped the geological record of the earth over a long period of time

• catastrophism

• geologic time scale

• uniformitarianism

• rapid changes

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

what is it called when every individual in a species dies out over a long period of time?

• extinction

• mass extinction

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

what occurs when all or large numbers of species go extinct during a specific time span

• extinction

• mass extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

when a large number of species goes extinct during in a short time period, this is due to a __________.

• gradual changes

• sudden changes

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

what was the predominant animals lived during the Mesozoic era?

• dinosaurs

• fishes

• single-celled organisms

• humans

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Why was there a mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic era?

• diseases

• no food

• asteroid

• ice age

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What event usually mark the beginning of an era?

• new species

• a hurricane

• mass extinction

• continental drift