Geological Time Scale Lesson

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Charles Martinez
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these numbers is the closest to the age of the earth?
4,600 years
46 million years
4.6 billion years
460,000
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main purpose of the geologic time scale?
To organize the major eras of Earth's history
To compare very short and very long periods of time
To complete with other, non-geologic time scales
To help people understand that the planet is really old
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Place the following units in order, from smallest to largest.
Eon, epoch, period
Period, eon, epoch
Epoch, eon,period
Epoch, period,eon
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Generally speaking, which rock layers are the oldest?
The thinnest ones
The thickest ones
The ones furthest from the surface
The ones closest to the surface
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What can you conclude from the fact that there have been just four eons in Earth's history
Eons are very short periods of time
Eons always last less than 1 billion years
Geologists only began naming eons recently
There have been at least eight periods in earth's history.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What event might mark the end of a period?
The fact that 100 million years had elapsed since the end of the previous period
A major geologic change
The appearance of one new species
The gradual drifting of the continents
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What can you infer about the Maastrichtian Age from its name?
That it was the most strict geological age in history
Nothing--the names of the geologic ages are arbitrary
Rocks from this era were first studied near the city of Maastricht, Netherlands
That it was an extremely long, complicated age
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