Earth's History

How many millions of years ago did humans first appear on earth?

• 6 billion years ago

• 7 billion years ago

• 800 million years ago

• 1.8 million years ago

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When did photosynthesis organisms first appear?

• 3.2 - 2.4 billion years ago

• 300 million years ago

• 200-400 billion years ago

• 100 billion years ago

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What planet was a rocky mass orbiting the sun 4.5 billion years ago?

• Earth

• Venus

• Mercury

• Neptune

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What extinction caused 95% of all living species to go extinct?

• Permain extinction

• Devonian extinction

• Hadean Eon extinction

• Other

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THE PRESERVED REMAINS OR EVIDENCE OF LIVING THINGS

• Fossils

• Rocks

• Extrusions

• Bones

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AN AREA WHERE ROCK HAS ERODED AWAY, PRODUCING A GAP IN THE GEOLOGICAL RECORDS.

• Unconformity

• Uniformitarianism

• Law of Cross Cutting Relationships

• Law of Superposition

The Cenozoic, Mesozoic and Paleozoic periods are all part of the ___________

• The Devonian Epoch

• The Mississippian Period

• The Phanerozoic Era

• The Age of Empires

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THE IDEA THAT LIFE ON EARTH CHANGES VIOLENTLY AND SUDDENLY

• Unconformity

• Uniformitarianism

• Catastrophism

• Law of Superposition

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States that the geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that have occurred in the past.

• Unconformity

• Uniformitarianism

• Catastrophism

• Law of Superposition

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States that in undisturbed horizontal sedimentary rocks, the bottom layer is the oldest and every layer above it is increasingly younger.

• Unconformity

• Law of Cross Cutting Relationships

• Catastrophism

• Law of Superposition