Mass Extinction
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This is referred to as the sixth mass extinction.
Holocene Extinction
Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction
Ordovician - Silurian Extinction
Late Devonian Extinction
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NGSS.HS-LS4-5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This was triggered by the impact of a huge asteroid.
Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction
Holocene Extinction
Late Devonian Extinction
Ordovician - Silurian Extinction
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
There have been 5 mass extinctions in Earth's history. Which of the following mass extinctions occurred first?
Permian - Triassic Extinction
Holocene Extinction
Late Devonian Extinction
Ordovician - Silurian Extinction
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This was caused by the global cooling and lowering of sea levels bringing about by the formation of glaciers
Late Devonian Extinction
Ordovician - Silurian Extinction
Triassic - Jurassic Extinction
Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS3-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-2
NGSS.HS-ESS2-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
80% of all species were wiped off the earth
Triassic - Jurassic Extinction
Permian-Triassic Extinction
Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction
Ordovician - Silurian Extinction
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This is the period when the dinosaurs died.
Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction
Late Devonian Extinction
Holocene Extinction
Permian-Triassic Extinction
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-5
NGSS.HS-LS4-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This is caused by human activities
Holocene Extinction
Triassic - Jurassic Extinction
Ordovician - Silurian Extinction
Late Devonian Extinction
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NGSS.HS-LS4-5
NGSS.HS-ESS3-6
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