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How long ago did the Earth form?

• 4.6 million years ago

• 460 million years ago

• 4.6 billion years ago

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Which time period came first in the Geologic time?

• Paleoproterozoic Era

• Archean Eon

• Rhyacian Period

• Precambrian Supereon

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According to the fossil record, and your geologic timeline, when did life first appear on Earth?

• 350 thousand years ago

• 3.5 billion years ago

• 350 million years ago

• 3.5 million years ago

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During which time segment of the Geologic Time Scale did single celled organisms first appear?

• Archean Eon

• Proterozoic Eon

During which time segment of the Geologic Time Scale did multicellular organisms first appear?

• Rhyacian Period

• Ososirian Period

• Stratherian Period

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During which time segment of the Geologic Time Scale did dinosaurs live?

• Cenozoic Era

• Mesozoic Era

• Paleozoic Era

• Precambrian Time

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Mass extinctions occurred at the end of which 2 Eras?

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

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The Cambrian Explosion refers to

• the sudden appearance of many different types organisms in the fossil record

• another name for the Big Bang theory when Earth formed from a cloud of dust and gas called the solar nebula.

• a volcanic eruption that wiped out the dinosaurs known as the K-Pg extinction.

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The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?

• The absolute age of rock layers

• The age of fossils

• The relative age of rock layers

• the super powers of squirrels

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Which rock layer most likely contains fossils of the most recently evolved organisms?

• 4
• 3
• 1
• 2

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