Geological Time and Clues to Earth's Past

Geological Time and Clues to Earth's Past

6th - 8th Grade

33 Qs

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Geological Time and Clues to Earth's Past

Geological Time and Clues to Earth's Past

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-LS4-1, MS-LS4-2

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33 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which time period are we currently living, in the order of largest geological units to smallest?

Phanerozoic Eon, Quaternary Period, Holocene Epoch, Cenozoic Era

Cenozoic Era, Phanerozoic Eon, Quaternary Period, Holocene Epoch

Phanerozoic Eon, Mesozoic Era, Quaternary Period, Holocene Epoch

Phanerozoic Eon, Cenozoic Era, Quaternary Period, Holocene Epoch

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what time period did Pangaea begin to break apart?

Precambrian Time

Paleozoic Era

Mesozoic Era

Cenozoic Era

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which fossil is the youngest?

fossil A

fossil B

fossil C

fossils A and B are the same age

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Possible causes (*check all) for the mass extinction at the end of the Permian Period (Paleozoic Era)

Pangaea breaking apart

Meteorite impact

Volcanic eruptions

Climate change

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?

5.5 billion years old

3.54 billion years old

4.54 billion years old

4.6 million years old

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What geologic principles are best displayed here?

Superposition

Original horizontality

Cross-cutting relationships

Inclusions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

In this rock layer diagram there are two unconformities, a fault at E and an intrusion at D. Which unconformity occurred first?  How do you know?

Intrusion D occurred first because the instrusion has been moved by the fault.
The fault occurred first because it has moved the intrusion D.
Intrusion D occurred first because it can be seen in all of the rock layers.
Fault E occurred first because it is a normal fault.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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