A Trip Through Geologic Time

A petrified fossil forms when

• an organism

• minerals replace all or part of an organism

• an organism becomes trapped in amber

• gases escape form the organism and leave carbon behind

The earliest forms of life appeared during

• the Paleozoic Era

• the Cenozoic Era

• Precambrian Time

• the Mesozoic Era

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On the geologic time scale, eras are divided into

• ages

• indexes

• periods

• relative dates

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Fossils provide evidence for all of the following EXCEPT for

• changes in Earth's surface

• how Earth originally formed

• how environments on Earth have changed over time

• how groups of organisms have changed over time

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In the Cambrian Explosion,

• the supercontinent broke apart

• an asteroid collided with Earth

• a great number of different organisms evolved

• mammals spread into every environment on Earth

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Most fossils form when organisms die and are buried in

• sediment

• fault

• unconformities

• ice

The Mesozoic Era is often called the

• Age of Mammals

• Age of Fish

• Age of Reptiles

• Age of Amphibians

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Scientists use radioactive dating to

• determine the absolute ages of rocks

• discover the source of index fossils

• determine the relative ages of extrusions

• find trace fossils in igneous rock

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Reptiles evolved from

• dinosaurs

• mammals

• birds

• amphibians

Dinosaurs "ruled" Earth during the _______

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

• Precambrian Time