Earth History

Which is the most recent era of time- the one that we are currently in?

• Mesozoic 
• Paleozoic 
• Cenozoic 
• Precambrian 

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The Era when humans first appeared was...

• Cenozoic
• Mesozoic
• Paleozoic
• Precambrian

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The time span that lasted the longest was the...

• Precambrian
• Paleozoic
• Mesozoic
• Cenozoic

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The single land mass that existed about 245 million years ago is named what?

• Fossil
• Pangea
• Bob
• Tectonic plates

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How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?

• 2015 years old
• 3.6 billion years old
• 4.6 billion years old
• 4.6 million years old

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the action or process of forcing a body of igneous rock between or through existing formations, without reaching the surface

• intrusion

• obstruction

• relative age

• rock layer

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states that younger rock is found above older rock when comparing undisturbed sedimentary rock layers

• law of superposition

• trace fossil

• matter can't be created or destroyed

• atoms

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method of determining the age based on measuring radioactive elements

• radioactive dating

• relative dating

• teenage dating

• no dating

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determination of the age of a rock based on the surrounding evidence

• relative dating

• radioactive dating

• done dating

• molecules

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a common fossil found in many areas from a specific time; used to help identify the age of rock layers and for relative dating

• index fossil

• fault

• sedimentary rock

• fraggle rock

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