Fossils and Geologic Time

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Emily Grimsley
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The geologic time scale is subdivided into
minutes and hours
decades and centuries
eras and periods
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Scientists developed the geologic time scale by studying ____________.
rock layers and fossils
weather patterns
ocean currents
atmospheric conditions
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which major division of geologic time came first?
Precambrian
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which period of geologic time occurred most recently?
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Precambrian
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Over time, Earth’s rock hardened and formed land called ____________.
Earth's crust
Earth's core
Earth's mantle
Earth's surface
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The earliest multicelled organisms were
invertebrates
land plants
vertebrates
bacteria
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happened to cause a mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era?
Earth's environments became warmer and more humid.
An asteroid hit the earth.
There was an ice age.
We don't know.
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