
Geologic Time Test Study Guide

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Science
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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The geologic time scale enables scientists to find relationships among which things?
Rocks and fossils
Planets and stars
Animals and plants
Oceans and rivers
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The three earliest eons, which make up 90% of geologic time are informally called the?
Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic
Cambrian, Ordovician, and Silurian
Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Geologic time units are defined by:
the age of rocks and fossils
the position of stars
the weather patterns
the ocean currents
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An event during which many groups of organisms disappear from the rock record at about the same time is called?
Mass extinction
Evolution
Speciation
Adaptation
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is relative age dating?
A method to determine the exact age of a rock or fossil
A technique to arrange geological events in a sequence
A process to find the age of the Earth
A way to date fossils using radiometric techniques
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A gap in the rock record caused by weathering and erosion is called:
Unconformity
Sedimentary layer
Fossil record
Metamorphic zone
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Unconformities, disconformity, nonconformity, and angular unconformity are types of what?
Geological formations
Weather patterns
Biological classifications
Chemical reactions
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
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