Quiz - 5.8 Mesozoic Era

The Mesozoic began with the supercontinent _____.

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Euramerica

• Gondwana

The dinosaurs began to evolve during the Triassic Period.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT one of the periods of the Mesozoic Era?

• Triassic

• Jurassic

• Paleozoic

• Cretaceous

The Mesozoic Era was not known for the dinosaurs.

• True

• False

The Mesozoic era witnessed the evolution and the extinction of dinosaurs.

• True

• False

The era followed by the Mesozoic was the Cretaceous.

• True

• False

The extinction of the dinosaurs occurred in which period?

• Jurassic

• Cretaceous

• Permian

• Triassic

As the Triassic Period gave way to the _______ Period, the supercontinent Pangaea began to break apart.

• Jurassic

• Cretaceous

• Permian

• Triassic

The mass extinction of dinosaurs was followed by the Jurassic period.

• True

• False

Tyrannosaurus Rex weighed 70 tons.

• True

• False