Geologic Timeline

How old is the Earth?

• 6.4 billion  years
• 46 billion years
• 64 billion years
• 4.6 billion years

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

What type of animal lived ONLY during the Mesozoic Era?

• Mammals
• Birds and mammals
• Dinosaurs
• All of them

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When did most of the major dinosaur groups go extinct?

• 10,000 years ago

• 65,000 years ago

• 10 million years ago

• 65 million years ago

First evidence of plants on land?

• 2.4 billion years ago

• 475 million years ago

• 65 million years ago

• 10,000 years ago

Which of the following places the geologic time eras in order from oldest to most recent?

• Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
• Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian
• Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian
• Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian, Mesozoic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The ______________ era covers almost 90% of earth's history.

• Paleozoic 
• Mesozoic 
• Cenozoic
• Precambrian 

Paleozoic, Mesozoic & Cenozoic are all

• Epochs
• Eras
• Periods
• Eons

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

We are currently living in which era?

• Mesozoic
• Cenozoic
• Paleozoic
• Jurassic

How long in a geologic time period? 

• 3 million years
• 4.6 billion years
• a period doesn't have an exact length
• they are all the same length

A __________ shows the order in which events have occurred.

• timeline
• chronos
• title
• Anno Domini

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CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7