Ch12 History of Life

The "Age of Dinosaurs"

• Precambrian

• Cenozoic

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

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The "Age of Mammals"

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Precambrian

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The Approximate Age of the Earth

• 1 million years

• 6,000 years

• 4.55 billion years

• 4.55 million years

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Which best describes why we can find aquatic fossils in rock high up in mountain ranges?

• There used to be more water

• The Earth's crust is on plates that move

• The Earth used to have less water

• Animals such as sea birds brought them there

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The first four billion years of Earth's history is often termed the ______

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

• Precambrian

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Organisms that live primarily in the sea

• Terrestrial

• Extraterrestrial

• Aquatic

• Amphibious

Organisms that live primarily on land

• Aquatic

• Terrestrial

• Extraterrestrial

• Amphibians

Which of the following was a likely reason for the mammalian success after the extinction of the dinosaurs?

• Mammals were bigger and faster than other animals

• Mammals evolved the ability to consume grasses, a plant that began to dominate many ecosystems

• Mammals had larger teeth

• Mammals were nocturnal

Terrestrial vertebrate animals with a body plan involving four limbs used for locomotion

• Amphibians

• Tetrapods

• Mammals

• Synapsids

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Modern day birds evolved most directly from which group of animals?

• Mammals

• Dinosaurs

• Amphibians

• Pterosaurs

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