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WorksheetsGS 5.2 Geologic Time
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Age of Fishes is the ______.
a)
Devonian
b)
Cambrian
c)
Paleozoic
d)
Cenozoic
2.
Paleozoic, Mesozoic & Cenozoic are all
a)
Epochs
b)
Eras
c)
Periods
d)
Eons
3.
Which is the most recent era of time- the one that we are currently in?
a)
Mesozoic
b)
Paleozoic
c)
Cenozoic
d)
Precambrian
4.
Name the 4 eras in order from oldest to youngest.
a)
Precambrian Time, Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, Cenozoic Era
b)
Mesozoic Era, Precambrian time, Cenozoic Era, Paleozoic Era
c)
Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, Precambrian Time, Cenozoic
5.
No longer and never again existing as an organism on earth
a)
fossils
b)
extinct
c)
evolution
d)
mold
6.
The process by which all the different kinds of living things have changed over long period of time
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Intrusion
c)
Evolution
7.
What was probably the first organism on Earth?
a)
Plants
b)
Alligators
c)
Bacteria
d)
Fish
8.
The ______________ era covers almost 90% of earth's history.
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Cenozoic
d)
Precambrian
9.
Which is the correct order of geologic time increments, from largest to smallest?
a)
Era >Eon >Period >Epoch
b)
Eon >Era >Period >Epoch
c)
Epoch >Period >Era >Eon
d)
Era >Eon > Epoch >Period
10.
What can scientists learn from the sequence of rock layers?
a)
Geologic history of that area
b)
Future geological events
c)
the number of organisms that live in the area
d)
the impact that hikers have had on an area.
11.
Dinosaurs went extinct?
a)
Cenozoic Era
b)
Jurassic Period
c)
Triassic Period
d)
Carboniferous Period
12.
Formation of Pangea
a)
260 mya
b)
200 mya
c)
65 mya
d)
4.5 bya
13.
Known as the age of the mammals?
a)
Mesozoic Era
b)
Holocene Epoch
c)
Cenozoic Era
d)
Cambrian
14.
What is the largest time frame on geologic time line
a)
eon
b)
era
c)
epoch
d)
period
15.
What era is the "age of dinosaurs?"
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Jurassic
c)
Mesozoic
d)
Paleozoic
16.
How old is the Earth?
a)
1 billion years
b)
2 billion years
c)
4.6 billion years
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