CCHS20q Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science Quiz

CCHS20q Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science Quiz

9th Grade

10 Qs

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CCHS20q Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science Quiz

CCHS20q Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-1, HS-LS4-5, HS-ESS1-6

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Hilary Donahue

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of the main questions natural philosophers asked about fossils?

Do they contain water?

Are they from outer space?

Are they the remains of extinct organisms?

Are they made of gold?

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who calculated the age of the Earth to be about six thousand years old based on biblical evidence?

Robert Hooke

Charles Darwin

Bishop James Ussher

Georges Cuvier

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What theory did Georges Cuvier propose regarding the history of Earth?

Uniformitarianism

Catastrophism

Creationism

Evolution

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Charles Lyell argue against in his geological theory?

The age of the Earth being millions of years

The use of catastrophes to explain geological history

The presence of dinosaurs

The existence of fossils

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the concept of 'deep time' in Earth science?

The idea that the Earth has been around for an unimaginably long time

The notion that the Earth is only a few thousand years old

The belief that the Earth is the center of the universe

The idea that the Earth is flat

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Comte de Buffon speculate about the Earth's history?

The Earth is flat

The Earth is made entirely of water

The Earth is the center of the universe

The Earth is progressively cooling

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did William Smith contribute to geology?

He proposed the theory of relativity

He invented the telescope

He created thematic maps to classify rocks

He discovered the first dinosaur fossil

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