Geological Time Review

Largest division of geological time is called _________?

• Eon

• Era

• Period

• Epoch

Says in a sequence of rocks, a given rock layer must be older than a layer on top of it.

• Law of superposition

• Law horizontality

• Law of Inclusion

• Law of Crosscutting

Gaps in rock records are called________________?

• unconformity

• Eons

• Zoic

• Superposition

From oldest to youngest the Eras are?

• Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

• Precambrian, Mesozoic, Paleozoic,Cenozoic

• Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Precambrian,Cenozoic

• Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Precambrian

Zoic refers to

• animal life

• rock layers

• ancient times

• Earths origin

Which way do time lines run?

• from today and back

• from earth's origin to today

Which of the following is not a time Period?

• Cenozoic

• Jurassic

• Triassic

• Silurian

Where is the record of the Earth found?

• rocks

• written history

• oceans

What era of time spanned the greatest amount of time ?

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

• Precambrian

What era are we currently living in?

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Eon

• Cenozoic Era