Geologic Timescale Review

A period when many species suddenly die out is called a _____________.

• Extinction

• Mass extinction

• The end of the world

• BOOM!

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Where was Antarctica once located according to the fossil record?

• Near Australia

• Near Europe

• Near North America

• Near the Equator

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a model scientists use to describe the timing of events and the relationships between those events in earth’s history.

• geologic time scale

• era

• period

• epoch

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Which Era was mainly dominated by dinosaurs?

• Cenozoic

• Jurassic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

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Which Era occurred last (most recent)?

• Cenozoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

What are the names of ALL parts of the geologic time scale in correct order from broadest to narrowest?

• era, period, eon

• eon, era, period, epoch

• era, eon, epoch, period

• eon, era, epoch, period

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What type of environment do you think was present during the Devonian Period?

• mostly land

• land with some water

• mostly water

• water with some land

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Which is true?

• Humans have only lived for a very short time on the geologic timescale.

• Humans have lived on Earth since the beginning of the geologic timescale.

• Humans have lived on Earth since the beginning of the Cenozoic Era.

• Humans have lived on Earth for about half of the geologic timescale.

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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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The geologic timescale is

• a model of Earth’s history divided into eons, eras, periods, and epochs

• during an ice age, a time of even cooler temperatures, when large ice sheets advance from the poles toward the equator

• states that the sequence of changes in organisms as recorded by fossils is the same everywhere the fossils are found on Earth

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