Mesozoic Era

Mesozoic Era

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, Cenozoic Era

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Mesozoic Era

Mesozoic Era

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-1, MS-LS4-2, MS-ESS2-2

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What do we call the Mesozoic reptiles who lived in the water?

Dinosaurs

Plesiosaurs

Pterosaurs

Mermaids

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What do we call the Mesozoic reptiles who ruled the air?

Dinosaurs

Plesiosaurs

Pterosaurs

Archaeopteryx

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are 2 possible causes of the Cretaceous Extinction Event?

Formation and Breakup of Pangaea

Meteorite Impact and Volcanic Eruptions

Taylor Swift got married and N*Sync reunited

Evolution of Mammals and Rising Sea Levels

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How big were Mesozoic Mammals?

The size of a T-Rex or bigger

About the same size as humans

The size of a cat or smaller

About the same size as bacteria

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Small head, long neck, and flippers are features of which marine creature of the Mesozoic Era?

Pterosaur

Corythosaurus

Dunkleosteus

Plesiosaur

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the geological era in which the dinosaurs reigned?

The Paleozoic

The Mesozoic

The Proterozoic

The Cenozoic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Mass extinction of the dinosaurs marks the end of this era.

Mesozoic 

Cambrian

Jurassic 

Cenozoic 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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