Geo Time + Fossils

The second broadest category of geologic time is______________?. The Cenozoic is one of them.

• era

• eon

• epoch

• period

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

There have been how many major extinction events on planet Earth?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The epoch we are currently living in is the

• Holocene

• Quaternary

• Cambrian

• Pleistocene

What are the names of ALL parts of the geologic time scale in correct order from broadest to narrowest?

• era, period, eon

• eon, era, period, epoch

• era, eon, epoch, period

• eon, era, epoch, period

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Known as the age of reptiles

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

• Phanerozoic

• Cambrian

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Q. What type of fossil is an imprint in a rock?

• Cast

• Mold

• Trace

• Petrified

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This type of fossil forms when a mold is filled with sand or mud that hardens into the shape of the organism.

• Mold

• Cast

• Trace

• Petrified

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This type of fossil forms when minerals soak into the buried remains, replacing the remains, and changing them into rock.

• Cast

• Mold

• Petrified

• Trace

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Shells and skeletons are typically fossilized in this fashion.

• Cast and mold

• Trace

• Carbonized or carbon film

• Petrified

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This type of scientist finds, preserves, and interprets fossils remains.

• Archeologist

• geologist

• anthropologist

• paleontologist