Time

By which method have scientists determined that the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old?

• plate tectonics

• relative dating

• radioactive dating

• law of superposition

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How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?

• 2019 years old

• 3.6 billion years old

• 4.6 billion years old

• 4.6 million years old

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What type of event usually marks the end of an Era

• A Mass Extinction

• A Quinceanera

• An earthquake

• A Volcanic Eruption

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What are the four eras in order from OLDEST to NEWEST?

• Pre-Cambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

• Pre-Cambrian, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Cenozoic

• Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Pre-Cambrian

• Mesozoic, Pre-Cambrian, Cenozoic, Paleozoic

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The earth is ______________of years old

• Hundreds

• Millions

• Billions

• Trillions

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90% of Earth’s history occurred during which era?

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

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Approximately how wide is each time zone, in degrees?

• 5^o

• 10^o

• 15^o

• 20^o

Why aren't time zone boundaries completely straight?

• to keep the same country in in the same time zone

• to allow for travel time

• for train and airplane schedules

• because of landforms

When you head west across the International Date Line, it becomes the next day.

• True

• False

Why is it daytime in the UK when it is night-time in Australia?

• On opposite sides of the planet

• They have different seasons

• Distance from the moon

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