Ch. 14 L. 1 Part 2 Study Lesson & Guide

Ch. 14 L. 1

The History of Life

(part 2)

Geological Time Scale

Multiple Choice

In which time period are we currently living?

• Precambrian Time

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

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Which fossil is the youngest?

• fossil A

• fossil B

• fossil C

• fossils A and B are the same age

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What is the importance of studying fossils?

• to provide information about how current life forms would exist in previous environmental conditions

• to provide information about how life and environmental conditions may have changed

• to provide information about how previous life forms would exist in current environmental conditions

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This chronological time chart is broken into different time chunks, the largest being the Eon, then Era, Period, and Epoch.

• Timeline

• Calendar

• Geological time scale

• Time chart

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History of life as documented by all fossils, preserved in sedimentary rock strata is known as the _________________________.

• Rock record

• Fossil record

• Geology record

• Petrified record

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The end of life for a group of organisms, usually a species, is called a(n) ________________.

• Extinction

• Retirement

• Endangerment

• Catastrophe

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The Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic are divisions in the geologic time scale called ____

• centuries

• layers

• periods

• eras

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Which type of fossil preservation is shown above?

• carbon film

• trace fossil

• original remains

• perminerailzed remains

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The geologic time scale is a record of....

• the history of fossils only

• the history of rocks

• the history of rock layers and fossils

• geologist notes

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Largest time unit in the geological time scale

• eon

• fossil

• classification

• periods

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Third largest time unit in the geologic time scale, measured in tens of millions of years

• classification

• geological time scale

• periods

• eon

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Method that enables scientists to determine the actual age of certain rocks and other objects

• stratigraphy

• Absolute age dating

• geological time scale

• Precambrian time

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Approximately how old is the Earth?

• 4.6 billion years old

• 4.6 million years old

• 5 billion years old

• 5 million years old

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How do we know that the fossils down the bottom are older?

• Newton's Laws of Motion

• Law of "Ms Krajicek says so"

• Law of Thermodynamics

• Law of Superposition

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How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?

• 2015 years old

• 3.6 billion years old

• 4.6 billion years old

• 4.6 million years old

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History of life as documented by all fossils, preserved in sedimentary rock strata is known as the _________________________.

• Rock record

• Fossil record

• Geology record

• Petrified record

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What era did the formation of the earth occur?

• Paleozoic

• Precambrian

• Cenozoic

• Cambrian

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90% of Earth’s history occurred during which era?

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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What era did trilobites, fishes, and other marine organisms dominate?

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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What are the four eras in order from OLDEST to NEWEST?

• Pre-Cambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

• Pre-Cambrian, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Cenozoic

• Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Pre-Cambrian

• Mesozoic, Pre-Cambrian, Cenozoic, Paleozoic

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Third largest time unit in the geologic time scale, measured in tens of millions of years

• classification

• geological time scale

• periods

• eon

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At the end of this era, multi-cellular organisms like sponges, jellyfish and worms filled the oceans.

• Precambrian Era

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

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Which era was the longest, taking up 88% of geologic time?

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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What are fossils that are abundant, easily recognizable, short lived, and widespread called?

• Preserved fossils

• Index fossils

• Imprints

• Radioactive dating

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Jellyfish are one of the oldest species on Earth. In what time period did they first appear?

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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Which type of animal appears earliest in the fossil record?  (OLDEST)

• Reptiles

• Birds

• Dinosaurs

• Fish

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The Era with the largest extinction we know of is the..

• Mesozoic era

• Precambrian era

• Paleozoic era

• Cenozoic era

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What is a supercontinent?

• A continent that split in 5 pieces along time ago

• a continent where everyone is super cool

• Is an ancient landmass that separated into a present day continent

• It’s a continent that is super duper cool

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The time when the first fishes appeared

• A. Devonian

• B. Cambrian

• C. Permian

• D. Jurassic

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in which period did coal swamps form?

• cambrian

• Silurian

• Devonian

• carboniferous

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what marked the end of the Precambrian period and the beginning of the Paleozoic era?

• A mass extinction

• A volcanic eruption

• The Cambrian explosion

• An Earthquake

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When was the supercontinent Pangaea Formed ?

• Late Paleozoic

• Early Paleozoic

• Middle Paleozoic

• Early Cambrian

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Organisms with_______ were very common during early Paleozoic

• eyes

• exoskeletons

• wings

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The climate during the Paleozoic Era was stable

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

These organisms were believed to be the first to colonize land during the Devonian period.

• fish

• amphibians

• birds

• Apple trees

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Which era is known as the "age of reptiles"

• Paleozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Precambrian Era

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What major event ended the Mesozoic Era ?

• The Earth stopped rotating.

• One of several "Ice Ages".

• An asteroid struck the Earth.

• A tornado destroyed most life on the planet.

Multiple Choice

Mammals thrived (are thriving) during which Era of geologic time?

• Meso

• Cenozoic

• Paleoc

• Precambrian 

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Cenozoic Era is split into two periods. Which of the following are the two periods? 

• Jurassic

• Quaternary

• tertiary

• Devonian

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Angiosperms can be described as which of the following?

• Fungus

• Flowering plants with seeds in their fruit

• Conifer plants

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This period contained very large insects

• Devonian

• Carboniferous

• Cambrian

• Cretaceous

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The Appalachian Mountains were formed during which era?

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Proterozoic

• Quaternary

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Which era ended with the K-T extinction, probably due to an asteroid?

• Paleozoic

• Phanerozoic

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

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When did India collide with Asia?

• Paleozoic

• Precambrian

• Cenozoic

• Pangea

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Which eon is the Mesozoic in?

• Phanerozoic

• Precambrian

• Cenozoic

• Cambrian

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Which era is the Cambrian period in?

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Hadean

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Woolly mammoths appeared in the

• Paleogene

• Quaternary

• Cretaceous

• Neogene

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Pangea broke up in the 

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Archean

• Cenozoic

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We think our atmospheric oxygen came from

• asteroids

• comets

• cyanobacteria

• vascular plants

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The Earth is ______________ of years old

• hundreds

• thousands

• millions

• billions

Match

Match the following plants that dominated the Mesozoic Era.

Ferns

Ginkos

Cycads

Conifers

• Ferns

• Ginkos

• Cycads

• Conifers

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Which of the following is not an eon of geologic time?

• Hadean

• Proterozoic

• Archean

• Paleozoic

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True or False? The Paleozoic is the oldest era of the Phanerozoic eon.

• True

• False

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The longest units of geologic time are

• eons

• eras

• periods

• epochs

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Tyrannosaurus Rex was a ________ dinosaur.

• Saurapod

• Therapod

• Ornithiscian

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The shortest units of geologic time are

• eons

• eras

• periods

• epochs

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What were the names of the two supercontinents after Pangaea's break up?

• Godwana

• Panotia

• Zealandier

• Laurasia

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Eons are subdivided into _________.

• eons

• eras

• periods

• epochs

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The mesozoic was ______ and ______ than today.

• colder

• warmer

• wetter

• dryer

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Eras are subdivided into _________.

• eons

• eras

• periods

• epochs

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The clade Dinosauria breaks down into two major branches...what are they?

• theropod

• saurishia

• Sauropod

• ornithiscia

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What unit of time would you use to describe eons?

• Thousands of years

• Millions of years

• Billions of years

• hundreds of years

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The following dinosaurs are

• saurishian

• ornithiscian

• sauropoda

• therapoda

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What unit of time would you use to describe eras?

• Thousands of years

• Millions of years

• Billions of years

• hundreds of years

Match

Match the following ornithiscian dinosaurs.

ankylosaur

pachy

cephalasaur

hadrosaur

ceratopsid

stegosaur

• ankylosaur

• pachy

  cephalasaur

• hadrosaur

• ceratopsid

• stegosaur

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What unit of time would you use to describe periods?

• Thousands of years

• Millions of years

• Billions of years

• hundreds of years

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is a period of the Mesozoic ers?

• Permian

• Neogene

• Ordovician

• Triassic

• Mississippian

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Which one of these geologic time intervals is the youngest?

• Devonian

• Archean

• Pliocene

• Paleocene

• Cretaceous

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Which one of these geologic time intervals is the oldest?

• Devonian

• Archean

• Pliocene

• Paleocene

• Cretaceous