Geologic History of the Earth

What was the atmosphere of the Earth like 4 billion years ago?

• consisted of steam and oxygen

• consisted of carbon dioxide and steam

• consisted of sulfur dioxide and water

• consisted of water and nitrogen

What developed form the big forests and swamps of the later Paleozoic era?

• animals

• carbon dioxide

• dinosaurs

• coal deposits

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The hard outer layer of the earth is the...

• core

• mantle

• crust

• sediment

Eras are described as...

• time in history

• living things

• half of the earth

• large areas of flat land

A small, planet like object that moves around the sun is a(an)

• hemisphere

• moon

• eruption

• asteroid

Geologists are scientists who study...

• flying birds

• fish and sea creatures

• asteroids

• fossils and the structure of rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The archaeopteryx was a reptile that looked like a

• flying bird

• big wooly mammoth

• fish

• whale

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

During the Precambrian era there was no life because there was no

• oxygen in the air

• coal in the ground

• carbon dioxide in the air

• nitrogen in the soil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What happened to Pangaea at the end of the Mesozoic Era?

• It joined to form one big continent

• It started breaking apart

• Nothing happened to it

• It formed coal deposits

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which animals started to evolve during the Cenozoic era?

• dinosaurs

• bacteria

• sponge-like sea creatures

• mammals