Earth's Evolution Over Time

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Science
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7th Grade
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Hard
+3
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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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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