
Analyzing Data from Rock and Fossil Succession to Evaluate Evidence of Mass Extinctions, Major Climatic Changes, and Tec
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The group of rocks that will most likely contain fossils are the _______________ rocks.
sedimentary
igneous
metamorphic
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Several different fossils were found in rock layers in a geologic column. Above these rock layers, the fossils were almost nonexistent. Which most likely explains these observations?
nonconformity occurred
All the organisms migrated.
period of mass extinction occurred.
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When did a mass extinction of dinosaurs and many land plants occur?
65.5 mya
251 mya
300 mya
440 mya
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How many mass extinctions do scientists see evidence for in Earth's history?
1
3
5
10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The worst mass extinction event in the history of the Earth wiping out 96% of all life was the
Permian-Triassic
Holocene
Triassic-Jurassic
Ordovician-Silurian
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
At the end of the Mesozoic Era there was a mass extinction. Which of the following is attributed as being the main cause?
asteroid impact
major volcanic eruption
earthquakes
climatic changes
7.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Scientists found changes in layers of rock, as well as in the number and type of (a) in the layers of rock, between the Cretaceous period and the Paleogene period. This evidence supports the hypothesis that a/an (b) had caused global climate change that drove a/an (c) .
fossils
mass extinction
meteor impact
background extinction
amino acids
flood
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