Cenozoic Era

The ______________ Era is the last and most recent of the geologic eras

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Cenozoic

• Precambrian

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The term Cenozoic means _________ life.

• Middle

• Old

• New

• Existing

The new life of the Cenozoic Era could have just as easily been flowering _________, the insects, the newest fish (teleostei) or modern birds.

• plants

• fungi

• mushrooms

• animals

All of these groups, including the ____________, continued to evolve during this present Era.

• rocks

• mammals

• reptiles

• invertebrates

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

During the Cenozoic, mammals evolved from their somewhat insignificant stature during the Mesozoic to include giant species that have gone __________ in modern times.

• extinct

• populous

• native

• missing

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

True or False- None of the mammals ever reached the size of the dinosaurs.

• True

• False

True or False- During the Cenozoic Era some amphibians stood 7-feet tall.

• True

• False

During the Cenozoic Era-The _____________ mostly existed more or less as we know them.

• climate

• continents

• animals

• bacteria

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

At the beginning of the Cenozoic-_________ America, Africa, and India were not yet in the places they are today.

• East

• South

• North

• Central

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The collisions of Africa and especially India led to mountain building resulting in the ________ and the Himalayan mountain ranges.

• Pekinese

• Andes

• Alps

• Caustic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2