Unit 4 Earth Over Time Vocab Practice

What is the building block of proteins?

• Amino Acids

• Carbohydrates

• Nucleotides

• Fatty Acids

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

What are metallic or silica-rich objects, 1m to 950 km in diameter, that bombarded early Earth, generating heat energy?

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteor

• Planet

What are microscopic, photosynthetic prokaryotes that formed stromatolites and changed early Earth’s atmosphere by generating oxygen?

• Cyanobacteria

• Algae

• Fungi

• Protozoa

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is the change in species over time called?

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Mutation

• Natural Selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the study of materials that make up Earth and the processes that form and change these materials, and the history of the planet and its life-forms since origin?

• Geology

• Biology

• Astronomy

• Chemistry

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the period of time it takes for a radioactive isotope, such as carbon-14, to decay to one-half of its original amount?

• Half-life

• Quarter-life

• Full-life

• Double-life

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Fill in the blank: A small fragment of an orbiting body that has fallen to Earth, generating heat, is called a _________.

• Meteorite

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Satellite

Fill in the blank: The ancient geographic setting of an area is known as _________.

• Paleogeography

• Geology

• Cartography

• Topography

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Fill in the blank: An informal unit of geologic time consisting of the first three eons during which Earth formed and became habitable is called the _________.

• Precambrian

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

• Paleozoic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Fill in the blank: Emission of radioactive particles and its resulting change into other isotopes over time is known as _________

• Radioactive Decay

• Nuclear Fusion

• Chemical Reaction

• Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8