Geological Change

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Charles Martinez
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8th Grade
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Hard
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of a geologic process that can be described by the principle of uniformitarianism?
an asteroid impact
a mass extinction
steady erosion
a large earthquake
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is a type of event that could cause immediate changes in Earth's global climate?
asteroid impact
continental drift
fossil formation
mass extinction
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS3-5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following types of geologic evidence could result from an asteroid impact on earth's surface?
alternating layers of lava and volcanic ash erupted by a volcano
fossils that show a steady rate of evolution in a certain type of organisms
petrified trees that have tree rings showing several years of stunted growth
ice cores that show a gradual change in the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Sometimes a fossil is formed as a result of the movement of an organism in soft sediment. Which of the following are two kinds of trace fossils?
shells
tracks
burrows
petrified fossils
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The composition of sedimentary rock shows the source of the sediments that makes up the rock. Which of the following would provide the best evidence of how the rock formed?
The rock's age
The rock's color
The rock's texture
The rock's fossil content
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The figure above shows on type of physical evidence that scientists use to understand Earth's past. Imagine that you found this evidence on a mountaintop. What could conclude from your discovery?
The organism is now extinct
This fossil is older than the mountaintop
The mountaintop is made of metamorphic rock
The rocks on this mountaintop were once at the bottom of an ocean
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In the 1830's, an English scientist proposed the idea of uniformitarianism to describe the process of geologic change on Earth. Which of the following is most accurately described by uniformitarianism?
erosion
extinction
an earthquake
a volcanic eruption
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
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