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Geologic Time Quiz

Authored by Kristopher Nelson

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Geologic Time Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the starting point of formal geologic time?

The Hadean Eon

The Archean Eon

The Mesozoic Era

The Phanerozoic Eon

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which eon is considered an informal interval that extends from about 4.6 billion years ago to 4.0 billion years ago?

The Mesozoic Era

The Hadean Eon

The Phanerozoic Eon

The Archean Eon

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the 'calendar' for events in Earth history called?

Fossil record

Stratigraphy

Geologic time scale

Geochronology

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the chief means of establishing a geologic time scale?

Evolutionary changes

Fossil forms

Rock strata

Radiometric dating

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which chart is widely used to show the relationships between various intervals of geologic time?

Geologic Time Chart

Stratigraphic Chart

International Chronostratigraphic Chart

Geologic Time Scale

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the line between the early Precambrian age and the Paleozoic age formations in the Grand Canyon called?

The Great Unconformity

The Grand Canyon Divide

The Sedimentary Boundary

The Precambrian-Paleozoic Line

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which period had the most catastrophic extinction event?

The Permian Period

The Mesozoic Era

The Phanerozoic Eon

The Archean Eon

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