Geologic time

When did the first birds appear?

• Cambrian

• Permian

• Cretaceous & Triassic

• Mesozoic and Jurassic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The second broadest category of geologic time is______________?. The Cenozoic is one of them.

• era

• eon

• epoch

• period

There have been how many major extinction events on planet Earth?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The epoch we are currently living in is the

• Holocene

• Quaternary

• Cambrian

• Pleistocene

The worst mass extinction event in the history of the Earth wiping out 96% of all life was the

• Permian-Triassic

• Holocene

• Triassic-Jurassic

• Ordovician-Silurian

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

During which periods did the first land plants, vertebrates, and insects appear?

• Jurassic-triassic

• Ordovician-silurian

• Hadean-acheon

• Tertiary-quaternary

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When did this creature live?

• Triassic-Jurassic

• Jurassic-Silurian

• Cretaceous-Tertiary

• Eocene-Oligocene

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What are the names of ALL parts of the geologic time scale in correct order from broadest to narrowest?

• era, period, eon

• eon, era, period, epoch

• era, eon, epoch, period

• eon, era, epoch, period

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The Cenozoic is a

• eon

• era

• period

• epoch

The Phanerozoic is a

• eon

• era

• period

• epoch