Earth's Eras

Earth's Eras

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Topic 6 - Lesson 2

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Earth's Eras

Earth's Eras

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-LS4-1, MS-LS4-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What era are we living in?

Mesozoic Era

Paleozoic Era

Precambrian Time

Cenozoic Era

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A unit of geologic time that subdivides eras

period

time span

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Scientists divided the time between Precambrian Time and the present into three units of time, or eras.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What eon are we living in?

Phanerozoic 

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Triassic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Scientists chose where units of geologic time began on major changes in ______________ at certain times.

life forms

events

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which era is called the "era of Recent Life" because we live in it currently? It began 66 million years ago.

PreCambrain

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What era did trilobites, fishes, and other marine organisms dominate? It is known as "era of Ancient life".

Precambrian

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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