Early Earth

How did water get to earth?

• It was naturally here when earth was forming

• Icey Comets collided with earth

• Meteorites (Carbonaceous Chondrite) collided with earth

• The accretion disk from the solar systems origin had high levels of water

The rock formation labeled "P" is a(n)...

• fault

• intrusion

• inclusion

• unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What might you conclude if a fish fossil was found on top of a mountain in Kentucky?

• An Earthquake happened there.

• A Volcano erupted there.

• A forest covered that area for a while.

• A Sea once covered the area.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Trilobites are found in the _____________ era.

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Cretaceous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which set of characteristics produces a good index fossil?

• narrow time frame, wide geographic region

• wide time frame, narrow geographic region

• narrow time frame, narrow geographic region

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following is not an period of the Paleozoic era?

• Permian

• Silurian

• Cambrian

• Jurassic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which of the following is the oldest period of the Mesozoic Era?

• Cretaceous

• Jurassic

• Triassic

• Permian

During which period did the earliest insects appear on Earth?

• Jurassic

• Ordovician

• Devonian

• Silurian

When did a mass extinction of dinosaurs and many land plants occur? mya= millions of years ago

• 65.5 mya

• 251 mya

• 300 mya

• 440 mya

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

During which period were reptiles first abundant on Earth?

• Jurassic

• Cretaceous

• Cambrian

• Permian

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1