WorksheetsGeologic Time Vocab Quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Paleozoic Era contains
a)
only soft bodied organisms
b)
amphibians on land
c)
organisms with hard parts
d)
mammals evolve
2.
Pangea
a)
the current position of our continents
b)
Gondawana and Laurasia
c)
no such thing
d)
all continents formed together
3.
Organisms better suited to survive, reproduce and adapt in a particular environment.
a)
evolution
b)
natural selection
c)
species
d)
extinction
4.
Epoch
a)
next smaller division after period
b)
next smaller division after Eon
c)
next smaller division after Era
d)
A great story
5.
Geologic Time Scale
a)
Division of Erths History divided into time units based on types of rocks
b)
Division of Earths history into time periods based on vertebrate formation
c)
Division of Earths History into time units based on types of life forms that lived only during certain periods
d)
Division of Earths history in to time units based on created fals life forms
6.
Longest part of Earths history
a)
Cambrian
b)
Precambrian
c)
Phaenorozoic
d)
Cenozoic
7.
Units of geologic time characterized by types of life existing worldwide
a)
Periods
b)
Epochs
c)
Eras
d)
Eons
8.
Consists of the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic.
a)
Eon
b)
Period
c)
Epoch
d)
Era
9.
Species that have changed over time
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Organic Evolution
c)
Extinction
d)
Pangea
10.
Era of recent life! Began about 65 mya.
a)
Mesozoic Era
b)
Paleozoic
c)
Cenozoic Era
d)
Halocene Epoch
11.
"Middle life", Pangea formed during this Era
a)
Mesozoic Era
b)
Cenozoic
c)
Paleozoic
d)
Halocene
12.
GREEN ALGEA!!! First apeared 3.5 billion years ago.
a)
Cambrians
b)
cenozoians
c)
cycads
d)
cyanobacteria
13.
Exoskelton, 3 lobes, lived for 200 my throughout the Paleozoic.
a)
Echobite
b)
Trilobite
c)
Cenobite
d)
Trillionbite
14.
The longest subdivision of time
a)
Eon
b)
Era
c)
Epoch
d)
Extinct
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