History of Life on Earth Quiz

During which era did the first life forms inhabit Earth, such as prokaryotes and bacteria?

• Phanerozoic Eon

• Proterozoic Era

• Achaean Era

• Hadean Era

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When did the first eukaryotic organisms occur according to the endosymbiosis theory?

• 542 million years ago

• 600 million years ago

• 1.2 billion years ago

• 1.8 billion years ago

Which era saw the colonization of land and the migration of plants and animals from oceans to land?

• Achaean Era

• Proterozoic Era

• Paleozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

What dominated the land during the Mesozoic Era?

• Angiosperms

• Birds

• Mammals

• Gymnosperms

When did the Ice Age occur and the origin of humans take place?

• 4.6-4 billion years ago

• 1.8 billion years ago

• 65 million years ago

• 2.6 million years ago

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Earth is thought to be formed ______ years ago?

• 4.6 billion

• 230 billion

• 2.6 thousands

• 146 million

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The geologic time scale is divided into four large units known as

• Eras

• Periods

• Eons

• Units

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In which eon do we know there was no life?

• Tithonian

• Hadean

• Carboniferous

• Miocene

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When did the formation of the earth occur?

• 
  Hadean eon

• Archean eon

• Paleozoic era

• Carboniferous

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First mammals appeared in ____

• Paleosoic era

• Mesozoic era

• Cenozoic era

• After mammals

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