Earth's History and the Rock Cycle Lesson

Earth's History and the Rock Cycle Lesson

4th - 8th Grade

10 Qs

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Earth's History and the Rock Cycle Lesson

Earth's History and the Rock Cycle Lesson

Assessment

Quiz

Science

4th - 8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-4, HS-PS1-8, MS-LS4-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do sedimentary rocks form on Earth’s surface?

in vertical stripes

with no clear pattern

in horizontal layers

in a crisscross pattern

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are strata?

inconsistencies in the fossil record

rock layers

well-known and widespread fossils

units of time

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is normally found at the lowest stratum?

all of the fossils

all of the volcanic ash

the youngest rock

the oldest rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Stratigraphy is the study of

evolution.

human history.

rock layers.

Earth’s atmosphere.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is not a unit of geologic time?

epoch

millennium

era

age

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following describes the relative age of someone or something?

Kaitlyn is younger than Dillon

Dillon is 13 years old

The trilobite is an index fossil.

The trilobite appeared 521 million years ago.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or false: Sometimes older rocks end up on top of younger rocks.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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