Bell ringer 3/6: Paleozoic Era

Claire would like to show that fossils provide evidence of how old Earth is. She knows that the fossil record can be used to deduce geologic time scales and present a record of Earth’s history. Which fossils match the Precambrian time period^?

• flowers and dinosaurs

• bacteria and primitive marine plants

• coral reefs and amphibians

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London is studying the geological time scale. Which era would London find Humans in?

• Precambrian

• Cenozoic

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

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Ramiro is studying the Mesozoic era. Which two living things would he find in this era?

• flowers

• amphibians

• dinosaurs

• coral reef

• humans

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Which type of fossil preservation is shown above?

• carbon film

• trace fossil

• original remains

• perminerailzed remains

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In what era did the first land plants appear?

• Silurian

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

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what is the Paleozoic era?

• Mesozoic Era

• the era of jesus Christ

• the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon. It is the longest of the Phanerozoic eras.

• Primitive fish and reptiles, land plants, and insects

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what was the nickname of the middle Paleozoic?

• the age of special creatures

• the age of invertebrates

• the age of amphibians

• the age of fishes

how did the middle Paleozoic end?

• they ran into a rock

• they ran off

• the mass extinction event

• they got eaten by bigger predators

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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 longest Era was...

• Precambrian
• Paleozoic
• Mesozoic
• Cenozoic