Geology quiz

The oldest Eon that is 4.5 billion years old!!!

• Phanerozoic Eon
• Mesozoic Era
• Proterozoic Eon
• Archean Eon
• Hadean Eon

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This Eon is the beginning of rocks from 4 billion years ago

• Hadean Eon
• Phanerozoic Eon
• Proterozoic Eon
• Archean Eon

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The Archean Eon is.....

• A period of time lasting from 3.5 to 1.0 billion years ago.
• An era characterized by the dominance of dinosaurs.
• A geological eon that began 2.5 billion years ago and ended 0.5 billion years ago.
• A time when the Earth was completely covered in ice.
• A geological eon lasting from 4.0 to 2.5 billion years ago.

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The Paleozoic Era started.....

• nearly 600 million years ago
• approximately 541 million years ago
• around 250 million years ago
• about 400 million years ago
• approximately 700 million years ago

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Coral reefs started in this Era

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• Mesozoic Era
• Cenozoic Era
• Proterozoic Era
• Archean Era
• Paleozoic Era

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Pangea, or the supercontinent formed in this era........

• Archean and Proterozoic eons
• Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras
• Jurassic and Triassic periods
• Holocene and Pleistocene epochs
• Cenozoic and Neolithic eras

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The sea floor spreading from of continents began in this era......

• Cenozoic Era
• Paleozoic Era
• Archean Era
• Proterozoic Era
• Mesozoic Era

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The characteristics of the Mesozoic era include......

• The rise of mammals as the dominant species
• The extinction of all reptiles
• The absence of any geological changes
• The dominance of dinosaurs, emergence of mammals and birds, and significant geological changes.
• The development of advanced human civilizations

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A fossil is......

• the study of living organisms
• a method of dating ancient artifacts
• a type of rock formation
• the remains of modern animals
• the preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms

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Bedrock is......

• a type of sedimentary rock
• the solid rock layer beneath the soil and loose material on the Earth's surface
• a layer of loose soil and sand
• the top layer of the Earth's crust
• the molten layer beneath the Earth's surface