Geological Time

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Science
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7th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The geological time scale was developed to represent
The revolutionary history of Earth
The revolutionary history of Fossils
The revolutionary history of Rocks
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Law of Superposition states
Younger rocks are on bottom, Older rocks are on top
Oder rocks are on bottom, Younger rocks are on top
Rocks are spread out evenly
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Earth is how old
3.5 Billion years old
3.6 Billion years old
4.5 Billion years old
4.6 Billion years old
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Principle of original horizontality
States that sedimentary rocks are originally laid down in vertical layers
States that sedimentary rocks are originally laid down in horizontal layers
states that sedimentary rocks are originally laid down in diagonal layers
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
LABELLING QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Label the Geologic Time Scale in order from oldest to most recent
250 million years Permian Extinction
3.7 billion years Earliest signs life
500 million years Plants on land
4.4 billion years Arrival of Water
200,000 years Modern Humans
4.5 billion years Formation of Earth
375 million years Animals on land
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
6.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Because the time span of Earth's past is so great, geologists use the (a) to show Earth's history.
geologic time scale
graphical time span
geological time frame
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What was the "Age of Reptiles"
Ice Age
Mesozoic Era
Precambrian Era
Precambrian Eon
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