WorksheetsGeologic Time Scale, Plate Tectonics, and Evolution
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
During what era were dinosaurs present on Earth?
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Paleozoic
d)
Precambrian
2.
Which statement is not a beneficial trait?
a)
Arctic foxes are white in the winter and grey in the summer.
b)
Rabbits have large ears to hear predators from far away.
c)
White peppered moths living in a polluted industrial area.
d)
A long neck tortoise living where food is higher up.
3.
What was the name of the book that Charles Darwin wrote?
a)
The Origin of Species
b)
Evolution: a Voyage on the Beagle
c)
Species Change Over Time
d)
Species Observed Around the World.
4.
Which statement is not true?
a)
Greater diversity means greater chance of survival.
b)
Environmental changes can affect the survival of a species.
c)
Individuals with favorable traits will pass them on to their offspring.
d)
People who work out will have strong offspring.
5.
Which of the following is not a vestigial structure?
a)
wisdom teeth
b)
thumb
c)
appendix
d)
coccyx (tailbone)
6.
____________ are similar structures with different functions.
a)
analogous structures
b)
homologous structures
c)
vestigial structures
d)
adaptive structures
7.
What do ice cores help scientists do?
a)
describe sea level changes
b)
find out when dinosaurs went extinct
c)
date rock layers
d)
reconstruct Earth's climate history
8.
What type of organisms dominated the beginning of the Paleozoic Era?
a)
mammals
b)
reptiles
c)
invertebrate marine life
d)
birds
9.
What type of organisms dominated the Mesozoic Era?
a)
mammals
b)
amphibians
c)
reptiles
d)
birds
10.
What type of organisms dominated the Cenozoic Era?
a)
mammals
b)
amphibians
c)
reptiles
d)
birds
11.
What is the correct order of divisions of the Geologic Time Scale from largest to smallest?
a)
Eon, Era, Period, Epoch
b)
Eon, Period, Era Epoch
c)
Epoch, Period, Era, Eon
d)
Epoch, Era, Eon, Period
12.
During what Era did the trilobites live?
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Precambrian
d)
Cenozoic
13.
What era do you currently live in?
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Paleozoic
d)
Precambrien
14.
Which of these is not a time period in the Mesozoic Era?
a)
Jurrasic
b)
Dovonian
c)
Triassic
d)
Cretacious
15.
How old do scientists believe the Earth is?
a)
6,000 years
b)
245,000 years
c)
324 million years
d)
4.6 billion years
16.
What do scientists believe was the first life on Earth?
a)
Trilobites
b)
Humans
c)
Reptiles
d)
Bacteria
17.
Which of the following was the longest section of time?
a)
Cenozoic
b)
Precambrian
c)
Mesozoic
d)
Paleozoic
18.
Which of these statements does not describe the Mesozoic Era?
a)
dinosaurs thrived
b)
Pangea was breaking apart
c)
a mass extinction caused by an asteroid ended the era
d)
trilobites were thriving in shallow seas
19.
90% of all species on Earth went extinct....
a)
at the beginning of the Cenozoic Era.
b)
at the end of the Mesozoic Era.
c)
at the end of the Paleozoic Era.
d)
at the end of the Precambrian time period
20.
Which of these is not a cause of global cooling?
a)
airborne ash from a volcano
b)
excessive CO2 in the atmosphere
c)
debris thrown in the air by an asteroid impact
d)
changes in solar cycles of the sun's rays
21.
Which is the correct order of time periods from the beginning of Earth to the present?
a)
Precambrian, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Paleozoic
b)
Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
c)
Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Precambrian, Paleozoic
d)
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian
22.
What type of plate boundary made the Himalayan Mountains?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
23.
How long ago did the dinosaurs become extinct?
a)
4.6 billion years ago
b)
245 million years ago
c)
65 million years ago
d)
10,000 years ago
24.
What element did scientists find that is evidence of an asteroid impact 65 million years ago?
a)
carbon
b)
iridium
c)
platinum
d)
argon
25.
Fossils provide evidence for all of the following except for...
a)
climate change
b)
how species have changed over time
c)
changes of the Earth's surface over time
d)
how the Earth first formed
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