Geotime Class Quiz

Radiocarbon dating is used to date ____.

• recent geologic events up to 75,000 years ago

• recent geologic events up to 10,000 years ago

• distant geologic events more than one million years ago

Which eon of the geologic time scale means “visible life”?

• Phanerozoic

• Proterozoic

• Hadean

The era of “ancient life” is known as the ____.

• Cenozoic

• Paleozoic

• Precambrian

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Which era immediately follows the Precambrian?

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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When did abundant fossil evidence first appear in the geologic record?

• 5 billion years ago

• 540 million years ago

• 300 million years ago

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In the early Paleozoic, life was restricted to the ____.

• air

• seas

• continents

Which period is known as the “age of fishes”?

• Jurassic

• Mississippian

• Devonian

During which era did the supercontinent Pangaea began to break up?

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

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What animals dominated the Mesozoic Era?

• dinosaurs

• fish

• mammals

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Why did many plants die at the end of the Mesozoic?

• The climate turned extremely dry.

• Dust from a meteorite collision blocked sunlight.

• Huge dinosaurs overgrazed the plains.

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