Geologic Time Scale

_______________ is the long span of time that begins geologic time.

• Precambrian Time
• Cenozoic Time

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The Triassic Period, the Jurassic Period, and the Cretaceous Period occurred in what era?

• Cenozoic
• Mesozoic

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A unit of geologic time that subdivides eras

• period
• time span

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Eras are subdivided into units of geologic time called periods.

• True
• False

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___________ a record of the geologic events and the evolution of life forms as shown in the fossil record. 

• Eras
• Geologic Time Scale

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 The Quaternary period, where humans first appeared, is in the Mesozoic era.

• True
• False

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Which period are we currently in?

• Quaternary
• Holocene
• Jurassic
• Tertiary

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Which era is the longest?

• Cenozoic
• Cambrian
• Precambrian
• Phanerozoic

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The geologic time scale is a record of....

• the history of fossils only
• the history of rocks
• the history of rock layers and fossils
• geologist notes

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In what time period did Pangaea, the super-continent, appear?

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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