Fossils and Geologic Time

Fossils and Geologic Time

8th Grade

23 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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

Standards-aligned

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23 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The geologic time scale is subdivided into

minutes and hours

decades and centuries

eras and periods

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Scientists developed the geologic time scale by studying ____________.

rock layers and fossils

weather patterns

ocean currents

atmospheric conditions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which major division of geologic time came first?

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which period of geologic time occurred most recently?

Cenozoic

Mesozoic

Paleozoic

Precambrian

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Over time, Earth’s rock hardened and formed land called ____________.

Earth's crust

Earth's core

Earth's mantle

Earth's surface

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The earliest multicelled organisms were

invertebrates

land plants

vertebrates

bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened to cause a mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era?

Earth's environments became warmer and more humid.

An asteroid hit the earth.

There was an ice age.

We don't know.

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