Earth's Organisms

Earth's Organisms

6th - 8th Grade

24 Qs

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Earth's Organisms

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS2-3

+6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

24 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Why do some organisms never turn into fossils?

They are far too large to be buried in the ground.

They are made mostly of soft tissues.

They contain too much protein to be preserved.

They contain chemicals that prevent the hardening of their bodies.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of these can lead to the extinction of a species?

Loss of habitat

Small temperature changes

Increase in food supply

Decrease in available light

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is the relative age of a rock?

Its age compared with the ages of other rocks

Less than the age of the fossils the rock contains

The number of years since the rock formed

Its age based on how much carbon-14 the rock contains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Why do geologists use radioactive dating?

To determine the relative ages of rock layers

To tell the difference between molds and casts

To tell where on soil horizon ends and the next one begins

To determine the absolute ages of rocks

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

5.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between relative age and absolute age?

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What can be said about the many new life forms that evolved during the Cambrian Explosion that began the Paleozoic Era?

They lived on land.

They were invertebrates that lived in the sea.

They were vertebrates covered with scales or fur.

They were single-celled.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Earth's earliest atmosphere lacked which gas that is necessary for life as we know it to exist today?

Nitrogen

Carbon Dioxide

Argon

Oxygen

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