Geologic Time Scale Reading Quiz

What is the longest division in the Geologic Time Scale?

• era

• eon

• period

• epoch

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The first eon in Earth history was the..............

• Precambrian Eon

• Proterozoic Eon

• Hadean Eon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Life appeared on Earth during.............

• the Hadean Eon

• Precambrian Time

• a period

• an epoch

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When do eras end?

• a mass extinction

• an explosion of life

• both

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

What was the first period on Earth?

• Ordovician

• Triassic

• Quarternary

• Cambrian

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the name of our current epoch?

• Paleocene

• Pleistocene

• Holocene

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Some scientists think we have entered a new epoch called the ___________Epoch.

• Anthropocene

• Holocene

• Paleocene

• Pleistocene

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4