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Earth's History

Authored by Celia Miller

Science

6th - 8th Grade

NGSS covered

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Earth's History
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A principle that geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes.

Uniformitarianism

Catastrophism

Law of Crosscutting

Law of Superposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Younger rocks lie above older rocks, if layers are left undisturbed.

Uniformitarianism

Catastrophism

Law of Crosscutting

Law of Superposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Faults or intrusions are younger than any layer of rock they cut through.

Uniformitarianism

Catastrophism

Law of Crosscutting

Law of Superposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

Climate

Ice Core

Fossil Record

Fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All fossils discovered on Earth.

Geology

Index Fossil

Fossil Record

Fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

Ice Core

Climate

Relative Dating

Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A long cylinder of ice obtained from drilling through ice caps or ice sheets; used to study past climates.

Ice Core

Sea Floor Sediments

Tree Rings

Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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