WorksheetsChapter 7 test - Geologic Time (7th)
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is known as the age of mammals?
a)
Cenozoic era
b)
Jurassic era
c)
Mesozoic era
d)
Paleozoic era
2.
Which is the longest unit of geologic time?
a)
eons
b)
epochs
c)
eras
d)
periods
3.
Which is the shortest unit of geologic time?
a)
eons
b)
epochs
c)
eras
d)
periods
4.
What do scientists think allowed marsupial ancestors to migrate to Australia?
a)
land bridges
b)
ice ages
c)
glacial grooves
d)
extinction event
5.
Which term refers to grooves made by rocks carried glaciers?
a)
ice age
b)
glacial grooves
c)
mega-grooves
d)
mountain ranges
6.
Which was a Mesozoic flying reptile with large, bat like wings?
a)
fish
b)
mammals
c)
plesiosaurs
d)
pterosaurs
7.
What was the dominant geologic event of the Mesozoic era?
a)
the breakup of Pangaea
b)
Cretaceous extinction event
c)
formation of Rocky Mountains
d)
an ice age
8.
What occurred during most of the Mesozoic era?
a)
the Cambrian came to an end
b)
dinosaurs slowly went extinct
c)
sea levels fell
d)
sea levels rose
9.
Which is referred to as the age of amphibians?
a)
Early Paleozoic
b)
Late Paleozoic
c)
Middle Paleozoic
d)
the extinction event
10.
Which refers to the separation of a population from the rest of its species due to a physical barrier?
a)
mass extinction
b)
land bridge
c)
geographic isolation
d)
evolution
11.
Which is often called the age of fishes?
a)
Early Paleozoic
b)
Late Paleozoic
c)
Middle Paleozoic
d)
the extinction event
12.
What is the order of the Geologic Time Scale?
a)
Periods, Epochs, Eons, then Eras
b)
Eons, Epochs, Eras, then Periods
c)
Eons, Eras, Periods, then Epochs
d)
Epochs, Periods, Eras, then Eons
13.
What are causes of mass extinction? (need to remember 2 of them)
a)
Meteorites, ice ages, flooding, climate change, disease, and volcanic eruptions
b)
I don't know
14.
How was the geologic time scale developed?
a)
Organized into eons, eras, periods, and epochs.
b)
The geologic time scale was developed based on fossil records
c)
Mass extinction events
d)
All of the above (need to remember 1)
15.
What major geologic event occurred during the Paleozoic era? (Need to remember 2)
a)
Formation of coal, swamps, inland seas, fossils of fish, and amphibians and Pangaea began to form
b)
This is not correct, it is the other answer
16.
What major geologic events occurred during the Mesozoic era? (Need to remember 2)
a)
sea levels rose, Pangaea began to break apart, Atlantic ocean began to form, Rocky Mountains began to form, and dinosaur fossils
b)
If you pick this one, you will be wrong
17.
What major geologic events occurred during the Cenozoic era? (Need to remember 2)
a)
Move on to next answer
b)
ice covered continents (glaciers), mammal fossils, the formation of the Alps, Himalayas, and flowering plants
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