8th Sci. A Changing Earth (Ch 5)

8th Sci. A Changing Earth (Ch 5)

8th Grade

25 Qs

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8th Sci. A Changing Earth (Ch 5)

8th Sci. A Changing Earth (Ch 5)

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-3, MS-LS4-1

+8

Standards-aligned

Created by

Tracy Roper

Used 2+ times

FREE Resource

25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements is true?

Our sun is much larger than the central star of other galaxies.

The sun's gravity is more than strong enough to create the solar system.

All the planets are rocky and rotate in the same direction.

Inner planets have fewer moons than outer planets.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Using relative age dating, which color stratum would contain the youngest fossils?

blue - top

orange - bottom

purple - upper middle

pink - lower middle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following supports a young-Earth theory?

Earth formed from clumps of dust, rock, and ice pulled together by gravity.

Nothing had to evolve.  Everything was fully functional when it came into existence.

 Our solar system and its planets formed slowly from a cloud of dust and gas called a nebula.

Earth has had 5 major ice ages.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  • Fixed, or ______, age of rocks is based on the _________ found in them.

certain

fossils

relative

layers

absolute

elements

scientific

bones

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  1. The _________ created the dramatic features that we see today in a short amount of time. This is called ___________________.

continental drift

Pangaea

Genesis Flood

  1. Catastrophic Plate Tectonics

ice ages

subduction

Big Bang

nebular hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  •  Determining the age of rocks by measuring the amount of nuclear changes within the substances in the rock.

Magnetic field measurement
Radiometric dating
Fossil analysis
Geological mapping

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you explain simple organisms being found on the bottom layer of the geologic column?

Simple ones appeared on Earth first and more complex organisms evolved over time, so they were in younger layers of rock.

  1. The sediments moved by the flood would have trapped simple organisms quickly.  Upper layers contain more complex ones because they could survive longer.

More complex organisms didn't even exist until after the flood.

When the earth was formed only simple organisms were on Earth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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