Geologic Time Vocab Quiz

What are cyanobacteria?

• Large, soft-bodied eukaryotes

• Tiny, threadlike organisms commonly found in fossils

• Rocks containing a large amount of iron oxide

• The building blocks of proteins

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which term describes large, coral reef-like mounds formed by cyanobacteria?

• Red beds

• Stromatolites

• Banded iron formation

• Ediacaran biota

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What are banded iron formations known for?

• Containing a large amount of iron oxide

• Locally high concentrations of iron oxides

• Being the building blocks of proteins

• Being fossils of large, soft-bodied eukaryotes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which of the following best describes red beds?

• Rocks containing a large amount of iron oxide

• Unicellular organisms without nuclei

• Microscopic organisms at the base of the marine food chain

• Ancient geographic settings

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Amino acids are:

• The building blocks of proteins

• Organisms whose cells contain RNA and DNA in nuclei

• Fossils of large, soft-bodied eukaryotes

• Coral reef-like mounds of cyanobacteria

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Which organisms do not contain nuclei in their cells?

• Eukaryotes

• Prokaryotes

• Phytoplankton

• Cyanobacteria

What distinguishes eukaryotes from prokaryotes?

• Eukaryotes are unicellular

• Eukaryotes have cells with RNA and DNA in nuclei

• Eukaryotes are the building blocks of proteins

• Eukaryotes are found in banded iron formations

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The Ediacaran biota refers to:

• Fossils of large, soft-bodied eukaryotes found in the Ediacaran Hills

• Large, coral reef-like mounds of cyanobacteria

• Locally high concentrations of iron oxides

• The ancient geographic setting

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What does paleogeography study?

• The building blocks of proteins

• The ancient geographic setting

• The defining human characteristic of upright locomotion

• Microscopic organisms at the base of the marine food chain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which event is described as the geologically rapid diversification of a large collection of organisms in the Cambrian fossil record?

• Ediacaran biota

• Cambrian explosion

• Banded iron formation

• Red beds

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1