Geologic Time and Fossils

Which is the correct order of geologic time?

• Era >Eon >Period >Epoch
• Eon >Era >Period >Epoch
• Epoch >Period >Era >Eon
• Era >Eon > Epoch >Period

Paleozoic, Mesozoic & Cenozoic are all

• Epochs
• Eras
• Periods
• Eons

Which era are we currently in?

• Precambrian
• Mesozoic
• Cenozoic
• Paleozoic

Life first appeared in the

• Precambrian
• Paleozoic
• Mesozoic
• Cenozoic

Which of the below eras happened first?

• Cenozoic
• Mesozoic
• Paleozoic

What era is the "age of dinosaurs?"

• Cenozoic
• Jurassic
• Mesozoic
• Paleozoic

Most of the fossils found in Virginia are marine organisms. This means Virginia was probably once covered by the

• Ocean
• Volcanoes
• Grassland
• Pavement

Fossil remains of previous life forms can be preserved in all of the following EXCEPT

• tar sands
• lava pits
• sedimentary rocks
• ice

This fossils type comes from the actual organism

• original remains
• mold
• cast
• trace fossil

This fossil is when sediments fill the cavity left by the impression of an organism

• cast
• mold
• trace
• index