The Geologic Time Scale

The Geologic Time Scale

6th Grade

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21 Qs

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The Geologic Time Scale

The Geologic Time Scale

Assessment

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Science

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6th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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

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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

In which time period are we currently living?

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which time period is the longest?

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Dinosaurs, small mammals, and birds are found in this time period

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The Cambrian Explosion refers to

the sudden appearance of many different types of lifeforms in the fossil record

another name for the "Big Bang"

a volcanic eruption in Eastern Europe

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

A student has made the geologic column below. What evidence must be carefully examined to determine that organisms changed over time?

Fossils

Soil type

Environment

Plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Trilobites are extinct animals that lived in the oceans. Fossils of these animals can be found in dry

areas such as Cincinnati. What does this indicate?


Trilobites now live underground.


Trilobites are the ancestors of jellyfish.

Cincinnati was once covered by the ocean where trilobites lived.


The environment changed, creating small saltwater lakes in Cincinnati.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which statement about the geologic time scale is true?


Periods are divided into eras.

The first life forms evolved during the Mesozoic Period, including bacteria and algae.


Geologic time ended with the arrival of living organisms in the Paleozoic Era.


Some of the eras in which organisms have existed are the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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