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Geologic Time

Authored by Tanner Shalkoski

Science

9th Grade

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Geologic Time
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec โ€ข 1 pt

What term describes organisms dying out over a relatively short amount of geological time?

Evolution

Uniformitarianism

Mass Extinction

Correlation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec โ€ข 1 pt

What is the length of time it takes for one-half of the original parent to decay?

Radiocarbon Dating

Half Life

Evolution

Eon

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec โ€ข 1 pt

In a cross-cutting relationship, what must be older than the layers it is cutting?

The intrusion

The sediment

The fossil

The rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec โ€ข 1 pt

How many principles enabled scientists to interpret the relative ages of rock layers and events in Earth's history?

4

6

7

8

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec โ€ข 1 pt

Which of the following is the correct order of geologic time units from largest to smallest?

Era, Period, Epoch, Eon

Eon, Era, Period, Epoch

Epoch, Period, Era, Eon

Period, Epoch, Era, Eon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec โ€ข 1 pt

Which era is known for the dominance of mammals following the extinction of the dinosaurs?

Mesozoic

Paleozoic

Cenozoic

Proterozoic

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec โ€ข 1 pt

The principle of cross-cutting relationships states that:

Younger features cut across older features

Older features cut across younger features

All features are the same age

Features cannot cut across each other

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