Ch. 7 Geologic Time Pre/Post Quizizz

What characteristic of Precambrian life, shown in the figure, contributes to the fact that the Precambrian fossil record is so sparse? (Fossils form when hard parts of organisms are trapped in rock formations.)

• Organisms were multicolored.

• All living things were single-celled.

• All organisms lived on land.

• Many of the organisms had soft bodies.

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From the map, how far south was North America covered by the glaciation of the Pleistocene ice age? (On the map, observe the most southern point of the white area indicating glaciation.)

• Glaciation extended as far south as Ohio.

• The glaciers covered and retreated on the North American continent only once.

• Glaciation was not farther south than the present Canadian–United States international boundary.

• Glaciers covered the entire North American continent.

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Order the divisions of geologic time from the longest to the shortest. (Which word means the longest time?)

• eons, epochs, eras, periods

• eons, eras, periods, epochs

• periods, epochs, eras, eons

• epochs, periods, eras, eons

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How did the Himalayas form? (Remember that the breakup of Pangaea also welded continents together.)

• a continent-to-continent collision

• an oceanic plate that was subducted under a continental plate

• uplifted normal fault blocks

• hot spot activity

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During which epoch did humans appear? (This is the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period.)

• Holocene

• Miocene

• Paleocene

• Precambrian

__________ are ancestors of reptiles. (Reptiles developed from these animals when they developed a new membrane around their eggs.)

• Mammals

• Birds

• Dinosaurs

• Amphibians

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What was Pangaea? (Pangaea broke into land masses that formed continents.)

• the original name for North America

• a large, single landmass

• a type of trilobite

• a geologic era a geologic era

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What is meant by the term “age of invertebrates”? (Vertebrae are the bones of the spinal column.)

• That is the time when snakes were the dominant animal species.

• During that time coal was produced in the tar pits.

• All organisms present had the beginnings of a spinal column.

• The dominant organisms were without internal skeletons and lived in the oceans. The dominant organisms were without internal skeletons and lived in the oceans.

The Appalachian Mountains, an old mountain range, was formed during what era? (These mountains were formed before the dinosaurs.)

• Cenozoic

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Precambrian

What name is used to describe the animals in this figure which existed during the Cenozoic? (The human in the picture is only for reference to size.)

• awesome animals

• larger-than-life mammals

• mega-mammals

• prehistoric fur-bearing animals