For which segment of the Earth's geologic history are fossils rarely found?

Geologic History TEST 2019

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Precambrian
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The diagram in the picture shows a geologic cross section of a region where no faulting has occurred.
Which statement about the geologic history of the area is best supported by the evidence in the diagram?
Rocks A formed before rocks B.
Rocks D folded after the deposition of rock B.
Erosion took place before the deposition of B.
A major event causing erosion on the present surface is ice.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The cartoon is a humorous look at geologic history. If Pleistocene mermaids had existed, their remains would be the same age a fossils of
armored fish
trilobites
mastodonts
dinosaurs
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which is the longest duration of the major intervals of geologic history?
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Precambrian
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Look closely at the picture and sequence the events from the oldest to the most recent event.
deposition of layers 1 to 7, intrusion of basalt, faulting
deposition of layers 1 to 7, faulting, intrusion of basalt
deposition of layers 7 to 1, intrusion of basalt, faulting
deposition of layers 7 to 1, faulting, intrusion of basalt
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which NYS fossil is found in rocks of the same time period as Meekoceras?
Condor
Placoderm fish
Eurypterus
Ceolophysis
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which statement can best be supported by the fossil record?
Humans have lived on Earth for most of Earth's history.
The organisms on Earth have not changed.
Dinosaurs existed on Earth more than 600 million years ago.
Most life-forms that existed on Earth have become extinct.
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