Geologic Time Scale honors science 8

1. The geologic time scale is ---

• a record of historically significant geologists.
• the known history of the Earth and its rocks and fossils.
• some great music that geologists listen enjoy.

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2. What is the largest period of time?

• Era
• Period
• None of the above

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3. List the units of time from largest to smallest.

• periods, eras, epochs, eons
• eons, eras, periods, epochs
• eras, periods, eons, epochs

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4. Paleontologists and geologists believe the Earth is ---

• 2024 years old
• 3.6 billion years old
• 4.6 billion years old

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5. Which of the following is NOT an example of an era?

• Paleozoic
• Yearozoic
• Mesozoic

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6. Of the following eras, which is the most current unit ( the time period we are living in right now)?

• Paleozoic
• Cenozoic
• Holocene

7. Precambrian refers to ---

• the earliest span of time in Earth's history
• the current unit of time we live in
• a future span of time in the Earth

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8. Eras are divided into ---

• periods
• eons
• none of the above

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9. Geologic time has ended.

• True
• False

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10. Which of the following is the method scientists use to separate time periods?

• special events that happened in that period
• relative time of fossils
• none of the above

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