Geologic Timeline Quiz 8th Grade

a widely distributed fossil that is used to identify the relative ages of rock layers

• Mold Fossil

• Cast Fossil

• Index Fossil

the age of an object or event in years

• Absolute Age

• Relative Age

• Time Period

the age of an object or event compared to the age of other objects or events

• Relative Age

• Absolute Age

• Time Period

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

a principle which states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the rock layers have not been disturbed

• Law of Superposition

• Uniformitarianism

• Unconformity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

the extinction of a large number of species within a short time period

• Mass Ending

• Mass Conclusion

• Mass Extinction

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

a system that divides Earth’s history into intervals of time based on major events and changes

• Earth History

• Geologic Time Scale

• Timeline

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

the study of the Earth, its history, and the processes that shape it

• Earth History 

• Geologogy

• Rocks and Minerals 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

the preserved traces or remains of an organism that lived long ago

• Fossil

• Index Fossil

• Dried Bones

• Dead Organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What are the eras in order?

• Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian

• Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian, Cenozoic

• Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian, Paleozoic

• Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What era did dinosaurs live?

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1