Test: Geologic Time/Rock Record

Test: Geologic Time/Rock Record

6th - 8th Grade

25 Qs

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Test: Geologic Time/Rock Record

Test: Geologic Time/Rock Record

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Easy

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

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Kurt Predmore

Used 4+ times

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If Earth's history is put on a scale of 1 yard (1 in = 100 million yrs), human civilization would have been around for
less than one inch.
1 yard.
10 inches.
24 inches.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the breakdown of unstable isotopes into stable isotopes of other elements called?
uncomformities
relative dating
Carbon-14
radioactive decay

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How far back in time can geologists study the history of the earth?
1.6 billion years
46 million years
4.6 billion years
160 billion years

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the largest division of time?
eon
epoch
era
period

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of dating indicates a specific age of a rock by using methods such as carbon dating or Uranium 235?
Relative Dating
Absolute Dating

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of dating indicates an approximate age of a fossil in relationship to other layers of rock in an area?
relative dating
absolute Dating
radiometric dating

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the idea that geologic processes are occurring now are the same as those that occurred in the past?
unconformities
uniformitarianism
epicism
catastrophism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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