Earth’s History Quiz Prep

Pick three that describe Earth’s original environment when it was first formed

• Very hot

• Poisonous

• Extremely wet

• Not capable of supporting life

What is one way that water came into existence on the earth?

• The water came from the bubbling core

• Bacteria died and formed the water

• Heat from the sun warmed the surface and boiled it out of the rocks

• it rained for many years because steam from volcanoes cooled

Which shows the eras in order from oldest to youngest?

• Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian time

• Precambrian time, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

• Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Precambrian time, Paleozoic

• Mesozoic, Precambrian time, Cenozoic, Paleozoic

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if there are 3 fossils found which one is the oldest?

• The one found 210 feet from the surface

• The one found on the surface

• The one found 30 feet from the surface

• The one found 180 feet from the surface

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About how old is the earth?

• 2020 years old

• 6.4 billion years old

• 4.6 billion years old

• 4.6 million years old

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Which is an example of relative time?

• Trilobites existed 500 million years ago

• Dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago

• bacteria existed first, then dinosurs, then people

• The dinosaur fossil is 80 million years old

In which era did humans first exist?

• Precambrian time

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Cenozoic

How did oxogen come to exist on our planet?

• Bacteria carried out a process called photosynthesis where oxygen was released

• When comets broke through the atmosphere the brought oxygen with them

• The animals exhaled it

• Lava released the oxygen and heated it up

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During what era did dinosaurs exist?

• Mesozoic

• Precambrian time

• Cenozoic

• Paleozoic

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The sequencing of events, the order in which things happened

• Relative time

• Absolute time

• Current time

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