
Science quiz on Geologic Time Vocab
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9th Grade
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Tahirih Kayfan
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the second largest unit of geologic time, lasting tens to hundreds of millions of years and consisting of two or more periods
eon
epoch
era
period
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the third longest time unit in the geologic time scale, measured in 10s of millions of years
period
era
epoch
dynasty
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the time unit in geologic time scale, measured in hundreds of thousands to millions of years
era
epoch
period
decade
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
occurs when an unusually large number of organisms disappear from the rock record at about
the same time
superposition
uniformitarianism
relative age dating
mass extinction
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS4-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the theory that geologic processes occurring today have been occurring since Earth formed
mass extinction
uniformitarianism
original horizontality
superposition
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
establishing age in order of past geologic events
relative age dating
absolute age dating
original horizontality
radioactive decay
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the principle stating that sedimentary rocks are deposited in horizontal
or nearly horizontal layers
radiocarbon dating
mineral replacement
correlation
original horizontality
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