Earth's Evolution Over Time

Earth's Evolution Over Time

7th Grade

15 Qs

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Earth's Evolution Over Time

Earth's Evolution Over Time

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which era began with the early invertebrates, such as trilobites and brachiopods.

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What era was the age of fish?

Precambrian

Palezoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 12 pts

Mountains are created at this type of  boundary.

Divergent 

Convergent

Transform 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these explains that Earth's outer layer is broken into large slowly moving pieces? 

Plate Tectonic Theory

Continental Drift 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do scientists determine the absolute ages of rocks using radioactive isotopes?

By analyzing the percentages of radioactive isotopes and daughter isotopes

By measuring the thickness of the rock layers

By studying the color of the rock

By counting the number of fossils in the rock

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are the two techniques used to determine the age of Earth and the rocks on its surface?

Fossil dating and tree ring dating

Luminescence dating and thermoluminescence dating

Carbon dating and potassium-argon dating

Absolute and relative dating

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What principle allows scientists to compare the age of one rock or fossil to another?

Principle of superposition

Principle of inclusions

Principle of original horizontality

Principle of cross-cutting relationships

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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