Geologic Time Quiz

The Geologic Time Scale is a record of what?

• old geologists
• sweet geology music
• the known history of rocks and fossils
• a list of every living thing ever

Which of the following statements about the fossil record is true?

• all organisms become fossils
• organisms having soft body parts make up most of the fossils
• all organisms that have shells become fossils
• the fossil record is incomplete

Put the layers in order from oldest to youngest.

• a, b, c, d, e
• b, c, d, a, e
• b, c, d, e, a 
• e, d, c, b, a

Trilobites came before dinosaurs because they were found in a lower rock layer

• absolute dating

• relative dating

The earth is 4.6 billion years old

• absolute dating

• relative dating

Approximately how old is Earth?

• 1 million years

• 4.6 billion years

• 4.6 million years

• 4 thousand years

Paleozoic, Mesozoic & Cenozoic are all ________.

• Epochs

• Eras

• Periods

• Eons

Describe how geologists separate time periods.

• By special events that have happened in that period.

• By looking at the Relative Time of a Fossil

• By counting the years a fossil has been preserved

• By the animals in the time period.

Name the 4 time frames in order from oldest to youngest.

• Precambrian Time, Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, Cenozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era, Precambrian time, Cenozoic Era, Paleozoic Era

• Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, Precambrian Time, Cenozoic

The time span that lasted the longest was the...

• Precambrian

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Cenozoic