Geologic Time Scale

Geologic Time Scale

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Science

10th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-LS4-1, HS-PS1-8

+3

Standards-aligned

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Wayground Science

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When did life first appear on Earth?

66 mya

3.5 mya

3.5 bya

4.6 bya

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When did the dinosaurs go extinct? (5th Mass Extinction)

66 mya

3.5 mya

3.5 bya

4.6 bya

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms of an element to decay is

fossils

half life

absolute age

decayed life

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A record of Earth's geological events and life forms in history is

Scientific Theory

Radioactive Decay

Earth's Historic Timeline

Geologic Time Scale

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Scientists estimate that the Earth was formed

4,600 years ago

460,000 years ago

4.6 million years ago

4.6 billion years ago

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The geologic time scale begins with

Precambrian Time

the Paleozoic Era

the Carboniferous Period

the Mesozoic Era

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the Cambrian Explosion,

the supercontinent broke up

an asteroid collided with Earth

a great number of invertebrates came into existence

mammals spread to every environment on Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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