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5 Mass Extinctions

5 Mass Extinctions

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

6th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

Created by

Kyle M Dougherty

Used 3+ times

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many mass extinctions has our planet witnessed in the last half a billion years?

1

2

4

5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the first great mass extinction that came about 440 million years ago?

Ordovician

Devonian

Permian

Triassic

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What percentage of all species disappeared during the Late Ordovician mass extinction

25%

80%

60%

33%

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The booming growth of plants on land removed what from the atmosphere?

Nitrogen

Carbon Dioxide

Oxygen

Helium

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the third mass extinction that occurred 250 million years ago?

Devonian

Cretaceous

Permian

Triassic

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What percentage of all species died out during the Permian Extinction?

45%

96%

4%

75%

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the fourth mass extinction that occurred?

Triassic

Cretaceous

Ordovician

Permian

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