Science quiz on Geologic Time Vocab

Science quiz on Geologic Time Vocab

9th Grade

35 Qs

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Science quiz on Geologic Time Vocab

Science quiz on Geologic Time Vocab

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS2-2

+6

Standards-aligned

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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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