Geological Time Scale Review - Part 2

What period makes up early Paleozoic era?

• Permian and Carboniferous

• Devonian and Silurian

• Cambrian and Ordovician

• Permian and Cambrian

How long did the Paleozoic era lasted?

• 542 Million years

• 291 Million years

• 340 Million years

• 251 Million years

In what period did life first appear on land?

• Permian

• Ordovician

• Silurian

• Devonian

When did fishes appear?

• Early Paleozoic era

• Late Paleozoic Era

• Middle Paleozoic Era

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How do inland seas form?

• Inland seas form when ocean water floods continents

• Inland seas form when ocean water becomes very hot

• Inland seas form when there is lot of rains

• Inland seas form when many animals want water

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How did the Appalachian Mountains form? (select 2)

• Due to diverging plate boundary

• Due to collisions of continents

• Due to collision of sea

• Due to collisions of land masses

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Which two geologic periods make up the Middle Paleozoic era?

• Carboniferous and Permian

• Silurian and Devonian

• Cambrian and Ordovician

• Cambrian and Permian

Which two geologic periods make up the Late Paleozoic era?

• Carboniferous and Permian

• Silurian and Devonian

• Cambrian and Ordovician

• Permian and Cambrian

Where did many of the life-forms live at the end of the Early and the beginning of the Middle Paleozoic era?

• in the water

• on the land

• along the fringes of the continents

• along the fringes of the sea

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What were the dominant organisms on Earth during the middle part of the Paleozoic era and where did they live?

• Dinosaurs were the dominant organisms in the Middle Paleozoic land

• Fishes were the dominant organisms in the Middle Paleozoic seas

• Bacteria were the dominant organisms in the Middle Paleozoic seas

• Reptiles were the dominant organisms in the Middle Paleozoic

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