Geological Time Scale and Mass Extinctions

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What classifies a mass extinction?

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Happens in a relatively short period of time and is global.

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Which of the following is NOT an accepted criterion for a mass extinction event?
- The event must have occurred in a relatively short time frame.
- The extinction involves multiple lifeforms and is widespread.
- A significant part of life on Earth became extinct.
- The cause of the mass extinction must be obvious.

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The cause of the mass extinction must be obvious.

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Which of the following mass extinctions occurred first? Ordovician-Silurian, End Permian, Late Devonian, Cambrian

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Ordovician-Silurian

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Which of the following events resulted in the most species extinctions overall? Cretaceous-Tertiary, Ordovician-Silurian, End Triassic, End Permian

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Cretaceous-Tertiary

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What is another widely used name for the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary?

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K-T boundary

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The Devonian extinction had the most effect on which community of species that were living at the time? Freshwater tetrapods, Terrestrial plants, Marine reef builders, Small mammals.

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Marine reef builders.

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The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?

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The known history of rocks and fossils.

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Paleozoic, Mesozoic & Cenozoic are all

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Eras

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Which is the most recent era of time- the one that we are currently in? Options: Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian

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Cenozoic

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Which Eon or Eons were the longest in Earth history and the one geologist know the least about?

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Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic