Mass Extinctions

Mass Extinctions

9th Grade

25 Qs

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Mass Extinctions

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-LS4-5, MS-LS4-1, HS-ESS2-2

+8

Standards-aligned

Created by

Krishna Budias

Used 127+ times

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

It is the second largest mass extinction.
Ordovician - Silurian Extinction
Late Devonian Extinction
Permian-Triassic Extinction
Triassic - Jurassic Extinction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This was caused by the global cooling and lowering of sea levels bringing about by the formation of glaciers
Late Devonian Extinction
Ordovician - Silurian Extinction
Triassic - Jurassic Extinction
Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This is the worst mass extinction in history.
Permian-Triassic Extinction
Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction
Ordovician - Silurian Extinction
Late Devonian Extinction

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

80% of all species were wiped off the earth
Triassic - Jurassic Extinction
Permian-Triassic Extinction
Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction
Ordovician - Silurian Extinction

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This is the period when the dinosaurs died.
Cretaceous - Tertiary Extinction
Late Devonian Extinction
Holocene Extinction
Permian-Triassic Extinction

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This is caused by human activities
Holocene Extinction
Triassic - Jurassic Extinction
Ordovician - Silurian Extinction
Late Devonian Extinction

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The event took its hardest toll on marine organisms such as trilobites.
Ordovician - Silurian Extinction
Holocene Extinction
Late Devonian Extinction
Permian-Triassic Extinction

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

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