Geologic Time

Geologic Time

12th Grade

30 Qs

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Science

12th Grade

Hard

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

+6

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?

old geologists
sweet geology music
the known history of rocks and fossils
a list of every living thing ever

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which shows the divisions of the geologic time scale from least to greatest?

eon, era, period, epoch

epoch, era, period, eon

epoch, period, era, eon

epoch, period, eon, era

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Who explained that each layer of rocks could represent a "slice of time"?

Nicole Steno

Nikolas Steno

Nicholas Steno

Nicolas Steno

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The idea that sedimentary rocks are deposited in horizontal layers unless disturbed by forces within the Earth can best be explained by which of Steno's principles?

Principle of Superposition
Principle of Horizonallity 
Principle of original lateral continuity
Principle of faunal succession

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The idea that sediments spread out in all directions until they either thin out or run into a barrier can be explained by which of Steno's principles?

Principle of Superposition
Principle of Horizonallity 
Principle of original lateral continuity
Principle of faunal succession

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The idea that younger rock layers are deposited on top of older rock layers in an undisturbed section of sedimentary rock can best be explained by which of Steno's principles?

Principle of Superposition
Principle of Horizonallity 
Principle of original lateral continuity
Principle of faunal succession

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

He was a Scottish naturalist and farmer who came up with the Principle of Uniformitarianism. He is considered the person who developed the idea of geologic time and proposed that the Earth was much older than people thought at the time.

James Hutton

Nicolaus Steno

James Newton

Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Tesla

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