A Trip Through Geologic Times

Jawless fish were Earth’s first _______, or animals with backbones.

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Permian Period belongs to what era?

• Precambrian Times

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozioc Era

• Cenozoic Era

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Geologists use radioactive dating to

• determine the relative ages of rock layers.

• tell the difference between molds and casts

• tell where one soil horizon ends and the next one begins.

• determine the absolute ages of rocks.

Neogene Period belongs to what era?

• Precambrian Times

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

What era is known as the "Age of Reptiles"?

• Precambrian Times

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

What era was known as the "Age of Fishes"?

• Precambrian Times

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

What era is known as the "Age of Humans"?

• Precambrian Times

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Carboniferous Period belongs to what era?

• Precambrian Times

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Cenozoic Era

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The geologic time scale is divided into

• absolute ages.

• eras and periods

• relative ages.

• rock layers and index fossils.

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Geologists divide Earth’s long history into smaller units that make up the geologic time scale.

• True.

• False, Earth's history.

• False, Earth's timeline.

• False, Earth's total history of time.

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