Geologic Time Scale Review

Put the following events in order from OLDEST to YOUNGEST.

• Humans Appear

• Dinosaurs Appear

• First Single Celled Organisms Appear

• Jawed Fish Appear

• Reptiles Appear

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The ​ (a)   era lasted for ​ (b)   of Earth's history, accounting for nearly ​ (c)   of geologic time.

• Precambrian
• most
• 90%
• Mesozoic
• Paleozoic
• Cenozoic
• 10%

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which Era has the most complex organisms?

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Quaternary

According to the geologic time scale, which EON was the Cretaceous Period in?

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Precambrian

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Each era is known for the animals that lived during that time. The precambrian is known for ​ (a)   , the paleozoic is known for ​ (b)   , the mesozoic is known for ​ (c)   , the cenozoic is known for ​ (d)   .

• little life
• fish
• reptiles
• mammals

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Order the epochs of the Tertiary period from OLDEST to YOUNGEST.

• Paleocene

• Miocene

• Eocene

• Oligocene

• Pliocene

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The carboniferous is made of these 2 epochs..

• Cambrian and Ordovician

• Pennsylvanian and the Mississippian

• Cretaceous and the Permian

• Holocene and Pleistocene

Match the event to the Era in which it happened.

• Precambrian

• The last ice age began.

• Paleozoic

• Plants dominated and PANGAEA formed.

• Mesozoic

• Earth had 3 supercontinents form.

• Cenozoic

• Shallow oceans and high oxygen levels

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Greatest mass extinction of all time happened in this period.

• Devonian

• Cretaceous

• Ordovician

• Permian

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

How long ago did the Earth form?

• 4,600 years ago

• 460,000 years ago

• 4.6 billion years ago

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6