INDLS Geologic Time Unit Test

INDLS Geologic Time Unit Test

11th Grade

24 Qs

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INDLS Geologic Time Unit Test

INDLS Geologic Time Unit Test

Assessment

Quiz

Science

11th Grade

Easy

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

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Tim Gault

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

24 questions

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1.

REORDER QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Reorder the geologic time categories from largest to smallest:

ERAS

EPOCHS

PERIODS

EON

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Complex life forms began to develop around 550 million years ago. Which time period would that be?

Precambrian

Cambrian

Ordovician

Cretaceous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

​ ​ (a)   is the type of dating that allows scientists to know the exact age of a fossil or rock.

Absolute Dating
Relative Dating

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Which layer is the oldest?
1
2
3
4

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is the geological time scale divided?

Into eras, periods, and epochs based on significant events in Earth's history.

Solely based on the types of rocks found in each layer of the Earth's crust.

According to the dominant species of flora and fauna present during different times.

Based on the magnetic reversals found in the ocean floor.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Determining the order of events and the relative age of rocks by examining the position of rocks in a sequence is called ____.

absolute dating

radiometric dating

relative dating

radiocarbon dating

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Approximately how old is Earth?

12 billion years old

4.6 billion years old

2 million years old

65 million years old

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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