Earth's Geological and Biological History

In the diagram the abbreviation 'GOE' stands for the Great Oxidation Event. According to the Geologic History of New York State, what event would this correlate with?

• Oceanic Oxygen

• Oxygen Revolution

• Cryogenian Period

• Abundant Stromatolites

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Fill in the blank: The first life forms on Earth were _______.

• Eukaryotes

• Bacteria & Archaea

• Animals & plants

• Fungi

What gasses were present in Earth's early atmosphere for the first life forms?

• Oxygen

  Carbon Dioxide

  Water vapor

• Water vapor

  carbon dioxide

  nitrogen

• Ozone

  methane

  oxygen

• water vapor

  Hydogen

  Helium

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Where did gases that were present in Earth's early atmosphere for the first life forms come from?

• Ocean

• outgassing of volcanoes

• decompostion

• trees

Which supercontinent is represented by the letter 'P' in the diagram?

• Pangea

• Gondwana

• Rodinia

• Columbia

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

According to the Geologic History of New York State, what Eon contains the most fossils?

• Precambrian

• Proterozoic

• Phanerozoic

• Paleozoic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

During which geological eon did the 'Boring billion' occur?

• Phanerozoic

• Proterozoic

• Archaean

• Hadean

Fill in the blank: The 'O2 whiffs' occurred during the _______ eon.

• Phanerozoic

• Proterozoic

• Archaean

• Hadean

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

According to the Geologic History of New York State, what organism is responsible for the The 'O2 whiffs' around 2.5 billion years ago?

• cyanobacteria

• Trilobites

• Sponges

• Corals

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

According to the Geologic History of New York State chart, what event happened at the end of the Neoproterozic eon?

• Snowball Earth

• Extinction of early life forms

• first multicellular organisms

• Extensive coal forming forests

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4