Paleozoic Era

The Paleozoic era is the ــــــــــــــــــــ era in the Phanerozoic eon.

• oldest

• Youngest

• Smallest

• Shortest

the Paleozoic era ended with ______ .

• The biggest party ever

• The largest mass extinction in Earths history

• a mass extinction

• Cambrian explosion

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which of the following did not happen in late Paleozoic?

• amphibians disappeared

• amphibians evolved

• reptiles appeared

• coal swamps formed

what marked the end of the Precambrian period and the beginning of the Paleozoic era?

• A mass extinction

• A volcanic eruption

• The Cambrian explosion

• An Earthquake

The Paleozoic began how many years ago?

• 540 years ago

• 251 billion years ago

• 542 billion years ago

• 499 million year ago

• 542 million years ago

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which two period make up the middle Paleozoic?

• Cambrian and Permian

• Silurian and carboniferous

• Silurian and Devonian

• Cambrian and Ordovician

in which period did coal swamps form?

• cambrian

• Silurian

• Devonian

• carboniferous

The early Paleozoic was called the age of _______ .

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

• fishes

• reptiles

• amphibians

Which Period of the Paleozoic Era is the longest and most diverse?

• The Cambrian Period

• The Permian Period

• The Ordovician Period

• The Devonian Period

During the Cambrian Explosion, there was a fast increase in diversity. What element can we credit for this increase of organisms?

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Iron

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