Jurassic Period

What was a significant geological event during the Jurassic period?

• Frequent asteroid impacts

• Periods of volcanic activity

• Rapid sea-level decline

• Emergence of mammals

What does the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary represent?

• A mass extinction event

• The peak of dinosaur evolution

• A gradual transition between two periods

• The beginning of the Ice Age

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What significant evolutionary event occurred during the Jurassic period?

• The appearance of the first birds

• The development of flowering plants

• The emergence of the first dinosaurs

• The appearance of the first amphibians

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What geological process was significant during the Jurassic period?

• The formation of the first mountains

• The eruption of the first supervolcanoes

• Significant continental drift

• The creation of the first oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of animal lived only during the Mesozoic Era?

• Birds and Mammals

• Mammals

• Dinosaurs

• All of them

When did the first birds appear?

• Cambrian

• Permian

• Triassic

• Jurassic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

During which geologic period did North America and Africa separate and the Atlantic Ocean begin to open?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are the classifications from the largest to narrowest unit of time on the geologic time scale?

• era, period, eon

• eon, era, period, epoch

• era, eon, epoch, period

• eon, era, epoch, period

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What was the dominant type of vegetation during the Jurassic period?

• Coniferous forests

• Flowering plants

• Grasslands

• Deserts

Which of the following marine reptiles thrived during the Jurassic period?

• Ichthyosaurs

• Plesiosaurs

• Mosasaurus

• Megalodon

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2