Mass Extinction

Mass Extinction

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Mass Extinction

Mass Extinction

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
HS-LS4-5, HS-ESS3-5, MS-LS4-1

+4

Standards-aligned

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15 questions

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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

Tags

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-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

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-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

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-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

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